Important Collectors' Wristwtches, Po...

New York, Sep 26, 2007

LOT 240

Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 481215, case No. 311246. Made in 1948. Very fine and rare, 18K pink gold wristwatch with an integrated, 18K pink gold mesh bracelet.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, rounded bezel. D. Satiné silver with applied pink gold baton indexes, subsidiary seconds dial. Pink gold "baton" hands. M. Cal. 458, rhodium-plated, ?fausses cotes? decoration, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures, self-compensating Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 31 mm. Thickness 7 mm