Lot 420

Vacheron & Constantin, Geneva, Switzerland, "Made specially for Welsh & Bro, Baltimore Md", Movement No. 287709, Case No. 74910, 51 mm, 117 g, circa 1905
A gentleman's Geneva pocket watch for the North American market
Case: 18k gold, polished, gold dome, glazed movement. Dial: enamel, Arabic numerals, auxiliary seconds, signed, gold Louis XV hands. Movm.: bridge movement, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, signed, adjusted, gold-chatoned minute wheel, wolfteeth winding wheels, patent specification "Pat. Jan. 8. 1884", screw compensation balance, patented fine adjusting device, counterpoised lever.

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