Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces...
Geneva, Nov 10, 2019
LOT 376
VACHERON CONSTANTIN WATCH WITH MINUTE-REPEATING, 18K YELLOW GOLD
CHF 7,000 - 9,000
HKD 56,000 - 72,000 / USD 7,000 - 9,000
18K yellow gold, open-face, key-winding, round-shaped, pocket watch, hinged caseback, and one horological complication: Minuterepeater on two steel gongs (activated by the slide at 3 o’clock) Case-back guilloché engine-turned; the centre, engraved in tailledouce (fine cut) with a cypher.
| 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 circa 1856
Movement No. 72 531
Calibre 18’’ gilded brass, with going barrel, straight-line equilibrated lever escapement, compensated balance with gold poising screws and blued steel hairspring with terminal curve
Case No. 72 531
Diameter 46.5 mm
Signature Cuvette
Accessories Fitted box; Extract from the Archives