Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces.

Geneva, Mar 21, 2020

LOT 22

VACHERON CONSTANTIN, POWER RESERVE POCKET CHRONOMETER, YELLOW GOLD

CHF 8,000 - 10,000

USD 8,300 - 10,400 / HKD 64,500 - 80,500

Fine and Very rare, 18K yellow gold, open-face, keyless-winding, roundshaped, pocket chronometer with subsidiary seconds at 6 and a 30-hour power-reserve indication at 12. The Extract from the Archives, dated November 10, 1994, mentioned that this watch was made in 1920 and sold in 1939. The watch was completed in August 1920 and sold on April 18, 1939, to the Etablissements Edmond Jaeger, Paris (France).


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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 1920

Numbers 247280

Caliber 18''', lever escapement, index regulator with patented swan-neck spring and micrometric screw, eight adjustments no. 388237

Dimensions 50 mm.

Signature dial, case and movement

Accessories Extract from the Archives, copy of the invention patent.

Provenance

Antiquorum, Geneva, auction, November 13, 1994, The Art of Vacheron Constantin, lot 65, sold for the amount of CHF 16100.-