Vacheron & Constantin. An exceptional 18ct gold with elaborate enamel decoration pocket watch
Case No. 8947, Movement No. 397705, Circa 1920s
18-jewel, manual wind movement with 8 adjustments, silver brushed dial with painted Roman numeral hour index, minute dot chapter ring, blued steel hour and minute Serpentine hands, 18ct gold case with blue and red enamel, case back with Chinese pattern decoration in gold and blue enamel, setting and winding crown at 12 o'clock set in a pearl, dial and movement signed, inside case back signed VF 42 x 42mm.
18-jewel, manual wind movement with 8 adjustments, silver brushed dial with painted Roman numeral hour index, minute dot chapter ring, blued steel hour and minute Serpentine hands, 18ct gold case with blue and red enamel, case back with Chinese pattern decoration in gold and blue enamel, setting and winding crown at 12 o'clock set in a pearl, dial and movement signed, inside case back signed VF 42 x 42mm.
Sold for
HK$ 126,000
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Ferdinand Verger (1851 1928) was the founder of the company and a master watchmaker and jeweler. In 1879 he became the French agent for Vacheron & Constantin and towards the end of the 19th century his two sons, started working for the business.
Their master pieces are amongst the most original designs of the Art Deco period, and they specialize in elaborate timepieces. The business relationship between Verger and Vacheron Constantin later developed into a partnership but they also made for Cartier, Boucheron and other prestigious houses.
The rarest finest of the Art Deco pieces are stamped with a lozenge baring the initials 'VF' and on this particular example the mark can be found on the inside caseback.
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