Exceptional horologic works of art

Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Oct 11, 2003

LOT 543

Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 489350, case No. 319490, Ref. 4538. Produced and sold in 1950. Very fine and unusual, 18K yellow gold gentleman's center-seconds wristwatch. Accompanied by a certificate.

C. two-body, solid, polished, wide bezel, overhanging horn-shaped concave lugs. D. "Clous-de-Paris" guilloché silver with applied yellow gold faceted lozenge and dot indexes and Arabic numerals. Yellow gold "Baton" hands. M. Cal. 454, rhodium-plated, ?fausses cotes? decoration, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, micro- metric regulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 33 mm.