Important Collector's Wristwatches & ...

Grand Havana Room, Sep 22, 2004

LOT 301

Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, Chronomètre Royal, No. 354865, case No. 219000. Produced in the 1910s. Fine, keyless, 18K yellow gold pocket watch.

C. Three-body, "demi-bassine", solid, polished with engine-turned case back à grains d'orge. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with bold Roman numerals, sunk subsidiary seconds. Pink gold "spade" hands. M. Cal. 22''', frosted gilt, 19 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance-spring, "swan-neck" micrometer regulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 57 mm.