The Art of Horology in Geneva

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Nov 13, 1999

LOT 26

Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 343593,case No. 201040, circa 1908.Very fine 18K gold and enamel keyless dress watch.

C. Three body, massive, "demi-bassine", the bezel band with a black champlevé enamelled decoration, the back enamelled with grey thistles painted over a black ground. Hinged gold cuvette. D. Frosted engine-turned silver with Arabic numerals and sunk subsidiary seconds. Blued steel Breguet hands.M. 17''', rhodium plated, 19 jewels, straight line lever escapement, adjusted cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring.Signed on the dial, case and movement.Diam. 57 mm.