The Longitude at the Eve of the Third...

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 23, 1999

LOT 420

Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 452957,case No. 292823, circa 1943.Very fine and rare, large, center second, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch.

C. two body, massive, polished, sea-shell shaped lugs. D. matte silver with applied pink gold star indexes and Arabic numerals. "Bâton" pink gold hands.M. 12 1/2''', rhodium plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 17 jewels, lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance adjusted to temperatures, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 35 mm.