Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Hotel Noga Hilton, Oct 16, 2005

LOT 360

?Half-Hunting? Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 279150, case No. 166947, circa 1915. Fine and rare, 18K gold half-hunting cased keyless pocket watch.

C. Four-body, "bassine", polished, front cover with glazed aperture and blue enamel radial Roman chapters and inner minute ring, back cover with engraved foliate monogram. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and Arabic five minute numerals, inner red 13- 24 hour numerals, subsidiary seconds. Gold "spade" hands. M. 18???, frosted gilt, bridge caliber, 18 jewels, wolf?s tooth winding, straight-line ?moustache? lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel flat balancespring, index regulator. Case movement signed. Diam. 47 mm.