Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces.

Hong Kong, Oct 27, 2018

LOT 300

VACHERON CONSTANTIN WATCH WITH ONE HOROLOGICAL COMPLICATION, 18K YELLOW GOLD

HKD 72,000 - 96,000

CHF 9,000 - 12,000 / USD 9,300 - 12,300

18K yellow gold, open-face, key-winding, round-shaped, pocket watch, hinged case-back, and one horological complication: Minute-repeater on two steel gongs (activated by the slide at 3 o'clock) Case-back guilloché engine-turned; the centre, engraved in taille-douce (fine cut) with a cypher


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent

Case: 3-8

Good

Slightly scratched

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Brand Vacheron Constantin

Year 1856

Movement No. 72 531

Case No. 72 531

Caliber 18'' gilded brass, with going barrel, straight-line equilibrated lever escapement, compensated balance with gold poising screws and blued steel hairspring with terminal curve

Dimensions Ø 46.5 mm.

Signature cuvette

Accessories fitted box; Extract from the Archives

Notes

It's extremely rare to find a minute-repeater made at this period. It's also probably one of the first minute-repeater ever produced by the Genevan manufactory.