Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Apr 25, 2021
LOT 139
VACHERON CONSTANTIN
Pocket watch, minute-repeater; 18K yellow gold
Pocket watch, minute-repeater; 18K yellow gold
HKD 47,000 - 92,300
USD 5,900 - 11,900 / CHF 5,500 - 11,060
Sold: HKD 68,750
18K yellow gold, open-face, keyless-winding, round-shaped, pocket watch, white enamel dial with suspended “Breguet” numerals and subsidiary seconds at 6.
Case-back engraved in taille-douce (fine-cut) with the cypher “E R J C”.
Movement 17 / 18’’’ (ebauche by LeCoultre & Co., Le Sentier, Vallée de Joux), nickel-plated, going barrel, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensated balance and blued steel hairspring with terminal curve, polished steel index-regulator with swan-neck spring and micrometric screw, adjusted.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-71-01 |
Good ENAMEL AND VARIOUS TYPES OF DECORATION Hairlines HANDS Original |
Brand Vacheron Constantin, Geneva
Year Circa 1907-1908
Movement No. 340 949
Case No. 209 359
Bracelet black leather strap; gilded metal buckle
Diameter 45.3 mm.
Caliber 17 / 18’’’, straight-line equilibrated lever escapement, adjusted
Signature dial, case and movement