Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 13, 2012

LOT 132

VACHERON & CONSTANTIN REF. 8378 AUTOMATIC WHITE GOLD Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, Automatic, No. 582828, case No. 406672, Ref. 8378Q. Made circa 1968. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, self-winding, center seconds, 18K white gold wristwatch with date.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, screw-down case back, overhanging reeded bezel, concave lugs. D. Satine silver with applied white gold and black lapidated baton indexes, white gold-rimmed aperture for the date. White gold dauphine hands. M. Cal. 12??? K1072, rhodium-plated, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, oeil-de-perdrix and fausses côtes decoration, 18K gold edged rotor, 29 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, beryllium balance with timing screws, adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and fi ve positions, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, swan neck micrometer regulator. Dial, case, and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness: 11 mm.