Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Jun 12, 2012

LOT 243

VACHERON & CONSTANTIN REF. 4885 YELLOW GOLD Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, movement No. 495224, case No. 334309, Ref. 4885. Made in 1953. Very fine and rare, oversized, indirect center seconds, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with black dial.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, rounded bezel, concave lugs, snap-on case back. D. Black with yellow gold dart indexes, concentric minute/ seconds track. Yellow gold baton hands. M. Cal. P454/5B, rhodium plated, fausses cotes decoration, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures, shock absorber, selfcompensating Breguet balance spring, swan-neck regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 10 mm.