Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Nov 11, 2012

LOT 526

VACHERON CONSTANTIN, REF. 92238. YELLOW GOLD, "ESSENTIELLES" Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, "Essentielles", movement No. 772519, case No. 612849, Ref. 92238. Very fine, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with an 18K yellow gold Vacheron Constantin buckle.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, stepped bezel, straight lugs, case back secured by 4 screws. D. White "Clous de Paris", with black painted radial Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds dial. Black "feuille" hands. M. Cal. 1014/1, rhodium-plated, fausses côtes decoration, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating fl at balance spring. Dial, case, and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness 6 mm.