Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 23, 2012

LOT 278

VACHERON CONSTANTIN REF. 6694, YELLOW GOLD Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, "Chronometer Royal Automatic," case No. 390950, Ref. 6694. Made circa 1967. Very fine and rare, center seconds, self-winding, waterresistant, 18K yellow gold chronometer wristwatch with date.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back engraved with the Malta cross and "Chronometre Royal." D. Satiné silver with applied yellow gold faceted baton indexes, aperture for the date, gold Maltese cross at 12. Yellow gold dauphine hands. M. Cal. K 1072, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, oeil de perdrix and fausses cotes decoration, 29 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator, 18K gold engine-turned rotor segment. Dial, case, and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 11.5 mm.