Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces.
Geneva, Mar 21, 2020
LOT 23
VACHERON CONSTANTIN, POCKET WATCH, SPLIT-SECONDS CHRONOGRAPH, YELLOW GOLD.
CHF 5,000 - 7,000
USD 5,200 - 7,250 / HKD 40,000 - 56,500
Sold: CHF 6,875
Beautiful and extremely rare, 18K yellow gold, hunting-case, keyless-winding, round-shaped, pocket watch with subsidiary seconds at 6 and three 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 o'clock) Instantaneous 30-minute recorder (subsidiary dial at 12 o'clock) The Extract from the Archives, dated November 10, 1994, mentioned that this watch was made in 1920 and sold in 1923. The watch was completed in June 1921 and sold on May 29, 1923, to Mr. E. E. Robert, New York (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 1920-1921
Numbers 245071
Caliber RA 17''' 18/12 CR (ebauche by Victorin Piguet, Le Sentier, Vallée de Joux), lever escapement, index regulator with swan-neck spring and micrometric screw, eight adjustments no. 392850
Dimensions 45,8 mm.
Signature dial, case and movement
Accessories Extract from the Archives