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Grand Havana Room, New York, Mar 13, 2002

LOT 166

Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 491304, case No. 322289. Produced circa 1949. Very fine, center-seconds, 18K yellow gold gentleman?s wristwatch.

C. two-body, solid, polished, overhanging concave lugs, pyramidal bezel. D. ?guilloché? silver with stripes, applied dot and dart yellow gold indexes and Arabic numerals. ?Bâton? yellow gold hands. M. Cal. P454/5B rhodium-plat-ed, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 17 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, micrometric regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm.