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Roosevelt Hotel, Madison Avenue @ 45th Street, Dec 04, 2002

LOT 321

Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 478973, case No. 309376. Produced circa 1949.Very fine and elegant, water-resistant, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch.

C. two-body, solid, polished and brushed, concave lugs, screwed-down case back. D. pink with applied pink gold indexes and Roman numerals, auxiliary seconds dial. "Bâton" pink gold hands. M. Cal. P 453/3C, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures, shock-absorber, blued steel Breguet balance-spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator, dust protection cap.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 35 mm.