Important Collectors’ Wristwatches,Po...

New York, Mar 23, 2005

LOT 101

Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 488394, case No. 325853. Made in the 1950s. Fine, thin, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, straight lugs. D. Champagne with applied yellow gold indexes, subsidiary secondsat 6. Yellow gold "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 458/3B, rhodium plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 17 jewels, straightline lever escapement, beryllium balance adjusted to temperatures, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring,eccentric regulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 32 mm. Thickness: 7 mm.