Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
New York, Apr 20, 2016
VACHERON CONSTANTIN BLACK HONEYCOMB DIAL FANCY FLUTED LUGS YELLOW GOLD Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, movement No. 493363, case No. 334056. Made in the 1950's. Very fine and rare, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with a 14K yellow gold buckle.
Three-body, solid, polished, fancy fluted lugs, snap on case back. Textured black with applied yellow gold dart indexes, outer minutes track, guilloché subsidiary seconds dial. Yellow gold baton hands. Cal. P453/3B, 17 jewels, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decorations, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures, blued steel Breguet balance spring, shock absorber, swan-neck micrometer regulator.
Grading System | |
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Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3-9 |
Good Scratched |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-6-01 |
Good Slightly oxidized HANDS Original |