Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, 'Chronograph Automatic', No. 814723, case No. 693152, Ref. 49003. Produced in the 1990s. Very fine, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, date and an 18K yellow gold Vacheron & Constantin buckle. | Important Collector's Wristwatches, Pocket Watches & Clocks | New York, 1st December 2004
Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, ?Chronograph Automatic?, No. 814723, case No. 693152, Ref. 49003. Produced in the 1990s. Very fine, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman?s wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, date and an 18K yellow gold Vacheron & Constantin buckle., USD 7,000 - 9,000 EUR 5,500 - 7,000Sold: USD 9,200 C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, stepped rounded bezel, case back with 4 screws, straight lugs, sapphire crystal. D. White "Clous-de-Paris" decoration with applied yellow gold bâton indexes, subsidiary dials forthe seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, aperture for the date at 6. Yellow gold "bâton" hands.M. Cal. 1136, rhodium plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 37 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, micrometer regulator,18K gold rotor.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 38 mm.
