Important Collectors’ Wristwatches,Po...

New York, Mar 23, 2005

LOT 68

Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 457340, case No. 307718. Pro-duced in the 1950s. Fine, center-seconds, water-resistant, self-winding, 18K pink gold gentle-man's wristwatch.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and bru-shed,screwed-down case back, flutedlugs. D. Champagne with applied pinkgold Roman numerals and dart indexes.Pink gold "bâton" hands. M. Cal. V 477,rhodium plated, ?fausses côtes? decora-tion,17 jewels, straight line lever escape-ment,beryllium balance adjusted totemperatures, shock-absorber, self-com-pensatingBreguet balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 34 mm. Thickness: 12 mm.