Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 12, 1997
LOT 349
Vacheron & Constantin, Geneve, No. 455244, case No. 286956, model 4348, circa 1944. Extremely rare aluminium keyless dress watch.
CHF 3,500 - 4,000
Sold: CHF 4,370
C. Three piece "demi-bassine " polished and satine, the back engraved with a dedication dated 1944 by the Aluminium Company of Canada Ltd. D. Matt aluminium with applied aluminium Breguet numerals and subsidiary seconds. Polished aluminium Breguet hands. M. 16"', aluminium, 439/7 calibre, "fausses cotes " decoration, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring with swan-neck micrometric index. Signed on the dial, case and movement. In very good condition. Diam. 44mm.
Notes
The total weight of this watch, including case, movement, dial,
hands and the glass, is 20 grams. These watches were produced in
very limited numbers, with even fewer examples being sold.
This type of watch is described in the Journal Suisse d 'Horlogerie,
No. 9, from October 1950, p. 292.