Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 10, 2015

LOT 88

VACHERON CONSTANTIN DECK LEVER CHRONOMETER NAVIGATION WATCH WITH POWER-RESERVE SILVER Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 519973, case No. 342541. 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 6,500 - 8,500

HKD 53,000 - 69,000 / HKD 53,000 - 69,000 / HKD 53,000 - 69,000 / HKD 53,000 - 69,000 / USD 6,800 - 8,900 / USD 6,800 - 8,900

Four-body, "bassine", polished. Hinged silver cuvette. Brushed silver with painted black Arabic numerals, outer minute track, up-and-down indication below 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: AA

Very good
Case: 3

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. 59.8 mm. This watch is from a series of 150 lever chronometers made by Vacheron Constantin for navigational use in the 1940s.