Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 01, 2004

LOT 203

Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, "Automatic", No. 557761, case No. 341759. Produced in the late 1950s. Very fine, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, screwed-down case back, concave lugs. D. "Guilloché" champagne with applied yellow gold Roman numerals and triangular indexes on a plain reserve. Yellow gold "bâton" hands.M. Cal. K1071, stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium plated, 29 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator, 18K gold rotor.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 35 mm.