Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Mar 11, 2012

LOT 156

VACHERON & CONSTANTIN REF. 637 PINK GOLD Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, ?Automatic?, movement No. 582954, case No. 416195, Ref. 6378. Made in the 1960s. Very fine and rare, center-seconds, self-winding, waterresistant, 18K pink gold wristwatch with date and an 18K pink gold Vacheron Constantin buckle.

CHF 5,000 - 7,300

USD 5,500 - 8,000 / EUR 4,000 - 6,000

Sold: CHF 6,250

C. Two-body, polished, inclined bezel and concave lugs, screwed down case back. D. Brushed silver with applied pink gold dart indexes and gold-rimmed date aperture. Pink gold dauphine hands. M. Cal. K1072, stamped twice with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes and oeil de perdrix decoration, 29 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, beryllium balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and fi ve positions, shock absorber, self compensating Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator, 18K gold rotor segment with ruby roller bearings. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness: 10.5 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