Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Mar 10, 2011

LOT 71

Vacheron - Pink Gold - Claw Lugs Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 447745, case No. 286102. Made circa 1945. Fine and rare, 18K pink gold wristwatch. To be sold without reserve

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, claw lugs. D. Two-tone champagne with applied pink gold radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds dial. Pink gold baton hands. M. Cal. 453/2C, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 33 mm. Thickness 9 mm.