Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces.

Hong Kong, Oct 27, 2018

LOT 303

VACHERON CONSTANTIN WATCH WITH ONE HOROLOGICAL COMPLICATION, MADE FOR THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS, U.S.A., SILVER

HKD 16,000 - 24,000

CHF 2,000 - 3,000 / USD 2,100 - 3,100

Silver (0.900), open-face, keyless-winding, round-shaped, pocket watch, hinged case-back, subsidiary seconds at 6 and one horological complication: 1/5 second chronograph (activated by the round push-piece located on the winding-crown)


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3-8

Good

Slightly scratched
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original

Brand Vacheron Constantin

Model made for the Corps of Engineers, U.S.A.; No. 405

Year circa 1920

Movement No. 384 234

Case No. 240 405

Caliber 19''' gilded brass, with going barrel, straight-line lever escapement, compensated balance and blued steel hairspring with terminal curve, index regulator with swan-neck spring and micrometric screw

Dimensions Ø 52 mm.

Signature Dial, case and movement

Notes

For the history and the relation between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Vacheron Constantin, please refer to the 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.