Collector's Pocket Watches, Wristwatc...

New York, Grand Havana Room, Mar 19, 2003

LOT 156

Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 451490, case No. 289293. Produced circa 1943.Very fine, center-seconds, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch.

C .two-body, solid, polished, screwed down case back, teardrop lugs. D. bicolor gold with applied yellow gold indexes and Arabic numerals. "Bâton" yellow gold hands. M. Cal. 466 B, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance adjusted to temperatures, blued steel Breguet balance-spring, dust protection cover.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 32 mm.