Collector’s Pocket Watches, Wristwatc...

Grand Havana Room, New York, Mar 13, 2002

LOT 168

Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 473011, case No. 324087, Ref. 6798. Produced circa 1946. Very fine and rare, rectangular curved, 18K yellow gold gentleman?s wristwatch.

C. two-body, solid, polished, ?pagoda-shaped? sides holding the flat top crystal. D. bicolored silver with applied gold indexes and Roman numerals, auxiliary seconds dial. ?Bâton? yellow gold hands. M. Cal. 435/3C, tonneau, rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 17 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to tem-peratures, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 23 x 39 mm.