Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 18, 1998

LOT 441

Vacheron & Constantin, Geneve, No. 385143, case No. 244843, circa 1920. Fine 18K gold keyless watch with chronograph, pulsometer and 30 minutes recorder.

C. Four body, massive, "demi-bassine" polished, the back engraved with the monogram "J.A.". Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with Empire numerals, Outer Ai abic minutes and chronograph ring and red tachometer scale for 30 pulsations, sunk subsidiary seconds and minutes register. Blued-steel "spade" hands. M. 18'", gilt brass, 20 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring with a swan-neck micrometric index. Chronograph with visible work and push piece on the winding-crown. Signed on the dial, case and movement. Diam. 50 mm.