Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 01, 2004

LOT 207

Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 476520, case No. 308042. Produced in the 1940s. Very fine and rare, rectangular, 18K yellow gold gentleman?s wristwatch.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, fluted lugs. D. "Guilloché" off-white with applied yellow gold pyramid and bâton indexes, subsidiary seconds dial. Yellow gold "feuille" hands. M. Cal. V 458, rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures, Breguet balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Dim. 27 x 37 mm.