100 Years of Wristwatches

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Nov 19, 2000

LOT 159

Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, case No. 232694, 1940's.Very fine 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph, register, tachometerand telemeter.

C. two-body, solid, polished, teardrop lugs. D. matte silver with applied gold indexes, auxiliary seconds and 30minutes register dials, outer tachometer and telemeter graduations. 'Bâton' yellow gold hands. M. Cal. V 492,rhodium plated, 'fausses côtes' decoration, 19 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted totemperatures, self-compensating Breguet balance spring.Dial, case, and movement signed.Diam. 35 mm.