27,600 CHF
Vacheron & Constantin, Genève,No. 397690, Verger Paris, No. 7713, made in 1924.Very fine, rare and elegant 18K gold, enamel, jade, pearl, diamond-set keyless dress watch. wo-piece, center and back made of a single piece of light jade with green veins, which were cleverly utilized as flower stems, engraved diamond-set flowers, champlevé cream enamel bezel on 18 carat base with large gold radial Roman numerals, pearl-set winding crown, diamond-set bow. Silver matte, minute track with five-minute Arabic markers, hour chapter of gold Roman numerals on the bezel. Blued steel serpentine hands. Notes Watches with cases made of a single piece of hardstone are rare. Vacheron Constantine made very few, most of them for small pendant watches, making this one even rarer.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2003-04-12
