Important Collectors’ Wristwatches,Po...

New York, Mar 23, 2005

LOT 251

Vacheron Constantin, Genève, ?Chrono-graph Automatic,? No. 629076, Ref. 49003. Made in the 1990s. Very fine, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman?s wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, date and an 18K yellow gold Vacheron & Cons-tantin buckle.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, stepped bezel,sapphire crystal. D. "Guilloché" white with applied yellow goldbâton indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and30-minute registers, aperture for the date at 6. Yellow gold"bâton" hands. M. Cal. 1136, rhodium plated, ?fausses côtes?decoration, 37 jewels, straight line lever escapement,monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock-absorber,self-compensating flat balance-spring, micrometer regulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 38 mm. Thickness: 10 mm.