Important Modern Collector's Wristwat...

Geneva, Hotel Bristol, Nov 18, 1997

LOT 152

Vacheron & Constantin, Geneve, No. 457509, case No. 290227, 1940's. Very fine 18K gold gentleman's wristwatch with triple date.

C. massive, polished, teardrop lugs, stepped band. D. matt silver with applied gold indexes and Arabic numerals + "guilloche " auxiliary seconds dial, outer graduation for the clays of the month, apertures for the clays of the week and the months. "Dauphine" gold hands. M. 12 1/2"' rhodium plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, 17 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, adjusted to temperatures, antishock system, self-compensating Breguet balancespring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dian. 35 mm.