Exceptional horologic works of art

Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Oct 11, 2003

LOT 231

Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 428395, case No. 267991. Produced in the 1930s. Very fine and rare 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph, register, tachometer, telemeter and an 18K yellow gold Vacheron Constantin buckle.

C. three-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, teardrop lapidated lugs. D. two-tone silver with applied yellow gold baton indexes and Arabic numerals, "guilloché" auxiliary seconds and 30-minute register dials, outer tachometer and telemeter graduations. Yellow gold "Baton" hands. M. Cal. 434, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 19 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 35 mm.