Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, Mar 17, 2013
VACHERON & CONSTANTIN MINUTE REPEATING Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 390965, case No. 243438. Made circa 1920. Very fine, minute-repeating, 18K gold, keyless, lever chronometer pocket watch.
C. Four-body, bassine, polished. Hinged gold cuvette with engraved inscription. D. Brushed silver, champlevé Breguet numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary sunk seconds. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 17???, rhodium-plated, 29 jewels, Straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with 8 adjustments, blued steel Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Dial, cuvette and movement signed. DIAM. 47 mm.
Grading System | |
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Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |