Vacheron Constantin. A fine and rare silver gilt hunter case quarter and five minute repeating keyless lever watch

SIGNED VACHERON & CONSTANTIN, GENÈVE, NO. 160197, MANUFACTURED IN 1884

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Vacheron Constantin. A fine and rare silver gilt hunter case quarter and five minute repeating keyless lever watch
Signed Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, no. 160197, manufactured in 1884
With nickel-finished fully jewelled lever movement, bimetallic compensation balance, hour, quarter and each five minutes past the quarter repeating on two polished steel hammers onto two gongs, glazed dust cover, the silver cuvette later gilt, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals, blued steel fleur-de-lys hands, Arabic five minute divisions, subsidiary seconds, in plain circular silver case later gilt, repeating slide in the band, case, cuvette, dial and movement signed
53 mm. diam.

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Accompanied by Vacheron & Constantin Certificate, original fitted wooden presentation box containing a spare crystal and spare hands.

Vacheron Constantin confirm production of the present watch with a silver case in 1884. Research has shown that at a later date the case has been gilt.

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