Sold for:
29,900 CHF
29,900 CHF
Vacheron & Constantin, No. 409422, case by Verger France, Paris, No. 12315, made in 1929 for Charlton & Co., New York. "Le Mandarin chinois" Very fine and rare 18K two coloured, Art-Deco keyless automaton "Bras en fair" dress watch with matching Albert. Three piece, massive, "Empire" white gold, polished and satine, with yellow gold rims and bow, the white gold back with a yellow gold inlaid monogram. Matching black silk and hi-coloured gold Albert. Silver satine with an applied figure of a seated Chinese Mandarin, pointing to the hours and minutes with his arms, on two Arabic sectors, by depressing a push piece in the band.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1997-04-12
