Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces.

Geneva, Mar 21, 2020

LOT 20

VACHERON CONSTANTIN, CHRONOGRAPH POCKET WATCH, YELLOW GOLD

CHF 7,000 - 9,000

USD 7,250 - 9,400 / HKD 56,500 - 72,500

Sold: CHF 8,750

Attractive and extremely rare, open-face, keyless-winding, round-shaped, pocket watch in 18K yellow gold with subsidiary seconds at 6 and second chronograph with tachometric scale graduated for 1000 metres. The Extract from the Archives, dated November 10, 1994, mentioned that this watch was made in 1911 and sold in 1931. The watch was completed in 1925 and sold on February 23, 1931, to Mr. F. Chiappe (Italy).

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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Brand Vacheron Constantin, Geneva

Model Chronomètre

Year Circa 1911

Numbers 250767

Caliber RA 19/20''' 38/12, lever escapement, index regulator with swan-neck spring and micrometric screw, adjusted by Edmond Olivier, Geneva no. 402550

Dimensions 52,4 mm.

Signature dial, case and movement

Accessories Extract from the Archives; copy of the Bulletin de marche of the Astronomical Observatory of Geneva (dated September 20, 1994)

Provenance

Antiquorum, Geneva, auction, November 13, 1994, The Art of Vacheron Constantin, lot 66, sold for the amount of CHF 9890.-