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Hong Kong,the Ritz Carlton Hotel,harbour Room, 3rd Floor, Jun 02, 2007

LOT 123

?Thin Minute-Repeater? Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 334100, case No. 202955. Made in 1906. Very fine and rare, minute-repeating, 18K yellow gold, slim, keyless dress watch.

HKD 70,000 - 90,000

USD 9,000 - 12,000 / EUR 7,000 - 9,000

Sold: HKD 123,900

C. Four-body, ?bassine pincée?, polished, back cover with engraved monogram. Hinged gold cuvette with dedication inscription. D. White enamel, Breguet numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Gold ?spade? hands. M. Cal. R.A. 17/18???, frosted gilt, 29 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance, Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 48 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

A very similar watch was sold by Antiquorum, Geneva, ?The Quarter Millennium of Vacheron Constantin, April 3, 2005, Lot 166.