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Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Oct 15, 2006

LOT 51

Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 380565, case No. 234432. Made in 1918. Very fine and rare, 18K gold hunting-cased keyless dress watch with chronograph and 30-minute register. Accompanied by a fitted box and an original Certificate of Origin.

CHF 6,000 - 7,000

EUR 3,500 - 4,500 / USD 4,800 - 5,500

Sold: CHF 9,440

C. Four-body, "bassine", polished, gold hinged cuvette. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute and seconds track with five-minute/seconds Arabic markers, 30-minute recorder at 12 o'clock, sunk subsidiary seconds. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. Cal. R.A. 20???, frosted gilt, 22 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometric regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 55 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original

Notes

An excellent example of a complicated Vacheron Constantin watch, in which even the smallest details have been finished with great care.