Important Collectors’ Wristwatches,Po...

New York, Mar 23, 2005

LOT 71

Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, "Automatic,? No. 554736, case No. 397295, Ref. 6727. Produced in the 1950s. Very fine, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gen-tleman's wristwatch with date.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, screwed-downcase back, concave lugs. D. Mattesilver with applied yellow gold bâtonindexes, aperture for the date. Yellowgold "bâton" hands. M. Cal. K 1072,stamped with the Geneva Quality Hall-mark,rhodium plated, ?fausses cotes?decoration, 29 jewels, straight line leverescapement, beryllium balance adjustedto heat, cold, isochronism and 5 posi-tions,shock-absorber, self-compensatingBreguet balance-spring, ?swan-neck?micrometer regulator, central rotor with18K yellow gold segment and 4 rubyrollers. Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 36 mm.Thickness: 11 mm.