64,400 HKD
Vacheron & Constantin, Geneve, No 415184, case by Verger France, Paris, No. 12915, circa 1930. Very fine and rare, rectangular curved, 18K white and yellow gold gentleman ' s wristwatch with unfolding case and one piece leather-strap. four body, massive, polished, bi-colour, hinged in three parts, reeded bezel with two yellow gold sides, white gold case, winding-crown on the 12. matte silver with applied white gold indexes. "Epee" white gold hands. Notes Verger, Paris. Two generations of designers and casemakers founded by Ferdinand Verger in 1872, Place des Victoires a Paris. Ferdinand Verger had two sons, Georges and Henri. In 1896 the trade mark "F.V." was registered. Ferdinand Verger bought from Roux, the firm of I,epine, Place des Victoires, in 1901 and in 1914 he liquidated the remaining stock to Louis Leroy but kept the trade mark which was registrated again by him in 1917. Successors of their father in 1911, Georges and Henri setteled at 51 rue Sainte Anne under the name of Verger Freres. The master-mark became "V.F.". They were the agent in Paris for Vacheron & Constantin. Not only wholesalers but also designers and case-makers. They produced cases for the finest jewellers of the world, including Boucheron, Mauboussin, Ostertag, Tiffany, La Cloche, Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Gubelin and even Hauser-Zivy y Cia. in Mexico. They employed up to 40 craftsmen in Paris, not only jewellers to produce cases and to fit the movements, but also watchmakers for adj Read more…
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1999-06-07
