Important Collectors' Wristwtches, Po...

New York, Sep 26, 2007

LOT 239

?Yellow Gold Ref. 6782? Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, ?Automatic?, No. 618843, case No. 445992, Ref. 6782. Made in 1969. Very fine, tonneau-shaped, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with date and revolving graduated bezel. Accompanied by a certificate and service invoice.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, reeded bidirectional revolving bezel graduated for 60 minutes, screwed-down case back. D. Champagne with applied yellow gold baton indexes with black inlay, aperture for the date. Yellow gold ?baton? hands. M. Cal. K1072/1, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? and ?oeil-de-perdrix? decoration, 29 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, selfcompensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, 18K gold edged rotor with ruby rollers. Dial, case, and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness: 11 mm.