The Art of Horology in Geneva

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Nov 13, 1999

LOT 51

Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 446363,case No. 272475, circa 1943.Very fine and rare, stainless steel and 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph and register.

C. three body, bicolour, polished and brushed, stepped bezel, stainless steel body and back, pink gold teardrop lugs, chronograph buttons and winding-crown. D. two-tone silver with applied gold indexes and Roman numerals, auxiliary seconds and30-minute register dials, outer 1/5 second graduation. "Bâton" pink gold hands. M. 13''', rhodium plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 19 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures, self-compensating Breguet balance spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 36 mm.