Geneva, Nov 09, 2024

LOT 269

VACHERON CONSTANTIN, SWITZERLAND, WATCH WITH ALUMINIUM MOVEMENT, DIAL, HANDS AND CASE, ALUMINIUM

CHF 5,000 - 10,000

HKD 45,000 - 90,000 / USD 5,800 - 11,600 / EUR 5,400 - 10,700

Sold: CHF 16,250

A very fine, rare and elegant, aluminium, manual wind open-face, keyless-winding, ultra-light dress-watch, snap-on case-back, subsidiary seconds at 6, aluminium dial and aluminium Breguet hands. Case-back engraved in taille-douce with a dedication to JERRY LEWIS LOVE DAVID REYNOLDS MARCH 1975.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3-8

Good

Slightly scratched
Movement: 3-6*

Good

Slightly oxidized

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Brand Vacheron Constantin, Switzerland

Year Circa 1945

Movement No. 497749

Case No. 336482

Diameter 44 mm.

Caliber 439/7, 17 jewels, aluminium, with swan-neck micrometer regulator, adjusted to temperature

Signature Dial, case and movement

Accessories Aluminium chain

Notes

Vacheron Constantin, watch with aluminium movement, dial, hands and case The total WEIGHT of this watch, including case, movement, dial, hands and the glass, is 20 grams! This model of watch was especially and only made by Vacheron Constantin for The Canadian Aluminium Limited Company (Aluminium Fiduciaries Limited, Montreal) in few examples, between 1938 and 1955, and presented to important visitors or offered to the employees of the Canadian company for their 25th anniversary of services. This type of watch is described, around 1950, in different professional newspapers. For a detailed description of Vacheron Constantin aluminium watches, see: Antiquorum Geneva, April 3, 2005, thematic auction, "The Quarter Millennium of Vacheron Constantin", Ch. III, pp. 76-77 (lots 47-49). An identical watch was sold by Antiquorum, Geneva, October 14, 1990, for the amount of CHF 27 600.-

Provenance

Property of the Jerry Lewis estate

Biography

Jerry Lewis (March 16, 1926 – August 20, 2017) was an American comedian, filmmaker, actor, humanitarian, and singer, widely known as "The King of Comedy" in the United States. Lewis starred in more than 59 films, including the first sixteen with his partner, singer Dean Martin, as part of the comedy duo Martin and Lewis.