Online Christmas Auction
Hong Kong, Dec 11, 2019
LOT 369
Vacheron Constantin - Pocket watch with chronograph, made for the Corps of Engineers (U.S.A.); silver
HKD 8,000 - 9,600
EUR 1,000 - 1,200 / USD 1,050 - 1,250 / CHF 1,050 - 1,250
Silver (0.900), open-face, keyless-winding, round-shaped, pocket watch, with subsidiary seconds at 6 and one horological complication: • 1/5 second chronograph (activated by the round push-piece located on the winding-crown) Case-back polished.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3-8 |
Good Slightly scratched |
Movement: 3 * |
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Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |
Brand Vacheron Constantin, Geneva
Model made for the Corps of Engineers (U.S.A.)
Year circa 1920
Movement No. 384 234
Case No. 240 405 (by Huguenin Frères, Le Locle)
Material silver
Diameter 52 mm.
Caliber 19’’’, lever escapement
Signature dial, case and movement
Notes
The Corps of Engineers (U.S.A.) and Vacheron Constantin
For the history and the relation between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Vacheron Constantin, please refer tothe Antiquorum’s auction devoted to the world’s oldest watch manufacturer – The Quarter Millennium of Vacheron Constantin, 1755-2005 (Geneva, April 3, 2005; 250 lots), Chap. IV, lot 50, pp. 82-83.