Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
New York, Sep 30, 2015
LOT 193
VACHERON & CONSTANTIN REF. 4906 YELLOW GOLD Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, "Automatic," No. 496968, case No. 339007, Ref. 4906. Made in the 1950s. Very fine, water resistant, center seconds, self-winding, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with an 18K yellow gold Vacheron & Constantin buckle.
USD 2,500 - 3,500
HKD 19,500 - 27,000 / CHF 2,400 - 3,400
Sold: USD 4,000
Two-body, solid, polished, concave lugs, stepped bezel, screwed-down case back. Two-tone silver with applied yellow gold faceted baton indexes and Arabic quarters, concentric minute/seconds divisions. Yellow gold baton hands. Cal. 477/1, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes and oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring.
