Sale 2372
Hong Kong
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31 May 2007
Price realised
HKD 48,000
Estimate
VACHERON & CONSTANTIN. A LARGE 18K GOLD OPENFACE KEYLESS LEVER POCKET WATCH WITH ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE SIGNED VACHERON & CONSTANTIN, GENEVE, "CHRONOMETRE ROYAL", MOVEMENT NO. 362230, CASE NO. 223943, CIRCA 1900 With frosted gilt-finished jewelled lever movement, bi-metallic compensation balance, swan-neck micrometer regulation, gold cuvette, the white enamel dial with Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds, gold hands, in engine-turned case, case, cuvette, dial and movement signed 57 mm. diam.
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US$3,200-4,000 This watch is accompanied by the original Certificate of Origin and Guarantee (now laminated).
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