Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces.
Geneva, Mar 21, 2020
LOT 17
VACHERON CONSTANTIN, SPLIT SECONDS CHRONOGRAPH, POCKET WATCH, YELLOW GOLD
CHF 5,000 - 7,000
USD 5,200 - 7,250 / HKD 40,000 - 56,000
Sold: CHF 6,250
Attractive and extremely rare, yellow gold, hunting-case, keyless-winding, round-shaped, pocket watch with subsidiary seconds at 6 and two horological complications: - 1/5 second chronograph (activated by the single round push-piece located on the winding-crown) - Split-seconds (activated by the rectangular push-piece located on the case-band at 11 oâ??clock) The Extract from the Archives, dated November 10, 1994, mentioned that this watch was made in 1907 and sold in 1907. The watch was completed in July 1907 and delivered on November 14, 1907, to F. W. Drosten Jewelry Co., Saint-Louis, Missouri (U.S.A.).
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Brand Vacheron Constantin, Geneva
Year Circa 1907
Numbers 207948
Caliber RA 18''', lever escapement, index regulator with swan-neck spring and micrometric screw, adjusted no. 336784
Dimensions 48,4 mm.
Signature dial, case and movement
Accessories Extract from the Archives