Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Oct 25, 2015

LOT 181

VACHERON CONSTANTIN 18K PINK GOLD Vacheron & Constantin, Geneve, No. 473868, case No. 308234. Made circa 1950. Fine and rare, 18K pink gold wristwatch with an 18K pink gold buckle.

HKD 34,000 - 66,000

USD 4,500 - 8,500 / CHF 4,300 - 8,300

Two-body, solid, polished, flat bezel, claw lugs, snap-on case back. Brushed yellow with applied gold Arabic numerals and baton indexes, subsidiary dial for the seconds, outer minute track. Gold baton hands. Cal. V453, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, swan-neck regulator.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-10-01

Good

Patinated

HANDS Original

Notes

Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 33 mm. THICKNESS 8 mm.