1,750 CHF
NIL INANE – ENAMEL COAT OF ARMS Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, case No. 207863. The case made circa 1900, later non-Vacheron movement and dial. Fine, 18K yellow gold and painted on enamel keyless pocket watch. C. Four-body, forme collier, polished, engine-turned band, the hinged back cover decorated with a grisaille coat of arms and the motto ‘Nil Inane’ beneath a coronet. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 18’’’, nickel plated, foliate engraved, 15 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, flat balance spring, shock absorber. Cuvette signed Vacheron & Constantin and numbered, movement signed Nil Inane. DIAM. 48 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2013-05-12
