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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 02, 2000

LOT 194

Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 366016,case No. 256594, sold on March 7, 1936.Very fine 18K gold, keyless pocket lever chronometer, accompanied by the original certificate.

C. Four-body, massive ?bassine?, polished, the back engraved with the monogram ?W.D.?. Hinged gold cuvette engraved with the dates: ?1911-1936?.D. White enamel with bold Breguet numerals and sunk subsidiary seconds. Gold Breguet hands. M. 18???, rhodium plated, with spotted finished plate, 21 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, eight adjustments, blued steel balance spring with terminal curve and swan neck micrometric index.Signed on the dial, cuvette and movement.Diam. 50 mm.