Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Jun 27, 2015
LOT 269
VACHERON & CONSTANTIN POCKET CHRONOGRAPH YELLOW GOLD Vacheron & Constantin, Geneve, movement No. 369721, case No. 228278. Made circa 1915. Very fine and rare, 18K yellow gold, keyless pocket watch with register and pulsometer.
HKD 62,000 - 93,000
USD 8,000 - 12,000 / CHF 7,500 - 11,200
Sold: HKD 81,250
Four-body, bassine, polished, button in the crown for the start/stop/return- to-zero functions of the chronograph. Hinged gold cuvette. White enamel with Breguet numerals, outer red pulsometer scale and 1/5th seconds track with 5 second Arabic markers, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register. Blued steel epee hands. Cal. 43 mm. 23 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 2* |
Very good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-06 |
Very good HANDS Partially replaced |