Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Mar 16, 2014

LOT 199

VACHERON & CONSTANTIN SILVER DECK LEVER CHRONOMETER NAVIGATION WATCH WITH POWER-RESERVE Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 444816 case No. 279001. Made circa 1940. Very fine, rare and large, silver, keyless deck and pocket lever Chronometer navigation watch with power-reserve indicator and Guillaume balance.

CHF 9,000 - 13,000

HKD 74,000 - 105,000 / USD 9,500 - 14,000

Sold: CHF 16,250

Four-body, "bassine", polished. Hinged silver cuvette. Matte silver with painted Arabic numerals, up-and-down indication at 12, large subsidiary seconds dial. Blued-steel spade hands. Cal. 162, rhodium plated, fausses côtes decoration, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic Anibal brass Guillaume balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 2

Very good
Movement: 2*

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original

Notes

Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 60 mm. This watch is from a series of 150 lever chronometers made by Vacheron Constantin for navigational use in the 1940s.