VACHERON CONSTANTIN
SO-CALLED "LIPS" YELLOW GOLD
Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 485483, case No.
328969. Made in the 1950s.
Very fine and rare, rectangular, flared, 18K yellow gold
wristwatch with an 18K yellow gold Gay Freres bracelet with
date punch for 1956.
Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, double-curved
sides holding the bombé crystal.
"Guilloché" silver with applied yellow gold faceted bâton
indexes and Arabic 12, subsidiary seconds dial. Yellow gold
bâton hands.
Cal. 435/3C, tonneau, rhodium-plated, fausses-côtes
decoration, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement,
monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures, Breguet
balance-spring.