20,700 CHF
Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 412573, case No. 262355. Made in 1939. Very fine and rare, slim 18K yellow gold keyless dress watch with split-seconds chronograph, instantaneous 30-minute register and tachometer. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. Matte silver with appliedpyramidal and Arabic hours, outer minute track with fifth second timing scale and Arabic five minutes/seconds,outermost tachometer scale, sunk subsidiary seconds, 30 -minute register at 12. Cal. 17/18’’’ P.C., nickel, 27jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, adjusted to temperature and fivepositions, Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 46 mm. This watch is illustrated in the book The World of Vacheron Constantin, page 408. Notes This is an excellent example of a very slim split-seconds chronograph with register, both elegant and sporty.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-04-03
