9,200 CHF
Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 497740, case No. 336479, Ref. 4348. Made in 1953 and presented as an inauguration gift to Ramon Magsaysay, President of the Philippines 1953-1957. Very fine and rare aluminum keyless dress watch. Accompanied by a Certficate of Authenticity. Three-piece, “bassine”, polished and matted with presentation engraving on the back “Ramon Magsaysay,President, Dec. 30, 1953”. Matte aluminum with applied polished aluminum Breguet numerals, outer minutetrack, subsidiary seconds. Polished aluminum “Breguet” hands. Cal. 439/7, aluminum, “fausses côtes”decoration, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, adjusted to tempe-rature,Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 45 mm. Notes Ramon F. Magsaysay (1907-57) Was president of the Philippines from 1953 to 1957. When the Japanese invaded the Philippines in 1941, he joined the army and was commissioned a captain. A guerrilla leader throughout the Japanese occupation, he was named military governor of Zambales province by Gen. Douglas MacArthur in 1945. While serving in the Philippine Congress (1946-50), Magsaysay presented a plan for subduing the Hukbalahap (Huk) guerrillas, which led to his appointment as secretary of national defense by President Elpidio Quirino. He reformed the army, captured the top members of the Communist party, and fought the Huks, combining strong military action with a land resettlement p
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-04-03
