Important Watches and Wristwatches
St-moritz, Badrutt's Palace Hotel, Feb 25, 1990
LOT 174
Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 444525, made in 1943.
CHF 5,000 - 6,000
Sold: CHF 9,200
Very fine silver-cased keyless deck-chronometer with up/ down scale. made for the German Navy. Three body massive °demi-bassine° polished case. The German Navy registration number is engraved on the back. Silver cuvette. Mat silver dial with Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds and a 32-hour up/down scale. Blued steel " spade" hands. Fine rhodium plated 21" movement, 20 jewels, straight line lever escapement, brass-invar Guillaume balance. Breguet balance spring with a swan neck micrometric index. Signed on the dial and the movement. In good condition. Diam. 60 mm.
