Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces
New York, Dec 07, 2011
LOT 447
VACHERON PINK GOLD CHRONOGRAPH, RETAILED BY GOBBI, MILANO Vacheron & Constantin, Geneve, movement No. 466495, case No. 302520. Made in the 1950's. Very fine and rare, 18K pink gold wristwatch with square button chronograph, register and tachometer. Accompanied by a fitted box.
USD 17,000 - 25,000
CHF 15,000 - 22,000 / EUR 12,000 - 18,000
Sold: USD 20,000
C. Three-body, polished , concave lugs, rounded bezel, snap-on case back. D. Silver with applied pink gold baton indexes and Roman numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds and the 30-minute register, outer minute and 1/5th second track, outermost tachometer scale. Pink gold baton hands. M. Cal V.492, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 19 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures, self-compensating blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 11 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-6-01 |
Good Slightly oxidized HANDS Original |