Important Collectors’ Wristwatches,Po...

New York, Mar 23, 2005

LOT 256

Vacheron Constantin, Genève, ?Chrono-graph Automatic,? No. 804438, case No. 629180, 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 Constantin buckle.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, case back with 4screws, rounded stepped bezel, sapphire crystal. D. "Guilloché"silver with applied yellow gold "bâton" indexes, subsidiary dialsfor the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, aperturefor the date at 6. Yellow gold "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 1136,rhodium plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 37 jewels, straightline lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 posi-tions,shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring,micrometer regulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 38 mm. Thickness: 9 mm.