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292-4119

292^nd Auction: Watches
on October 24^th 2026
In 19 days, 16:30 o'clock
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292-4119 Pocket watch: Vacheron & Constantin military deck chronometer, Second World War

Ca. Ø60mm, ca. 158g, naval service number MI 1094, case number 282738, movement number 450503, Anker chronometer with Geneva stripes and fine regulation, silvered dial with power reserve indicator, steel hands, in sensational condition, in working order.

Limit: 4.800 €

Estimate: 6.500 €

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292-4031 Pocket watch: rare gold and enamel Lépine with very fine enamel painting, Vacheron Genève, circa 1830 Approx. 33 mm in diameter, ca. 25 g, 18-carat gold, very fine painting on the reverse, cylinder escapement, enamelled dial, steel hands, good condition, movement intact. A rare Geneva Lépine, manufactured before the founding of the famous Vacheron & Constantin Geneva manufacture. 1.000 € - 2.000 €

292-4040 Pocket watch: exceptional iron Vacheron & Constantin, formerly owned by the nobility, c. 1915 Ca. 51 mm in diameter, extremely rare steel case with monogram and nobleman’s crown, pressed back No. 187416, Vacheron & Constantin lever chronometer movement with moustache lever and fine regulation No. 310068, well-preserved enamel dial, steel hands, movement and dial signed, good condition, in working order. 1.200 € - 2.000 €

292-4114 Pocket watch: Naval deck watch, Vacheron & Constantin chronometer, Second World War, with chronometer certificates British Navy chronometer case with brass box, ca. 12 x 10 x 6 cm, watch case ca. Ø59 mm, ca. 127 g, silver, British military markings on the reverse, case, movement and dial signed Vacheron & Constantin, case number 278794, movement number 439618, Anker chronometer with Geneva stripes and fine regulation, original enamel dial with military markings and service number 9618 (fine hairline crack), steel hands, in working order, box with sticker: ‘Issued from H.M. Chronometer Depot Bradford-on-Avon’. This chronometer was used on HMS Snowdrop during the Second World War. Provenance: Conrad Knirim Collection 2.500 € - 6.500 €

292-4224 Dress watch: extremely rare oval Vacheron & Constantin Ref. 7323, ca. 1970 Ca. 46 x 35 mm, ca. 39 g, 18-carat gold, signed case with serial number and reference number, signed movement with the Hallmark of Geneva, hand-wound, Calibre 1003, signed, silvered dial, sapphire crown, glass with a crack near the edge, movement intact, very rare! 3.000 € - 5.000 €

292-4227 Wristwatch: extremely rare square men’s watch, Vacheron & Constantin Ref. 6787, ca. 1960 Ca. 27 x 27 mm, 18-carat gold, finely chased on the front, pressed back, hand-wound precision lever movement, Calibre 1001, gold-coloured brushed dial, gold hands, leather strap with buckle, very good condition, very rare reference, in working order. 2.300 € - 5.000 €

292-4283 Pocket watch: significant Geneva chronometer with 7 complications, B. Haas, Geneva, circa 1890 Ca. Ø54mm, ca. 150g, 18K gold, à-goutte savonnette, engine-turned, dome inscribed "CHRONOMETRE", signed B. Haas Jne & Cie No. 15333, top-quality Geneva Anker chronometer, perpetual calendar, moon phase, age of the moon and minute repeater, very well-preserved enamel dial, gold hands, in very good condition and in working order. Very few pocket watches of chronometer quality feature complications. This is because it was difficult to achieve the accuracy required of a chronometer in watches that had additional complications. Only a few manufacturers, such as Patek Philippe, Vacheron & Constantin and, indeed, B. Haas, were capable of doing so. These watches are now particularly sought-after and highly prized collector’s items! The ‘sister watch’, No. 15773, was offered for sale in Geneva in 2010 (https://www.cortrie.de/go/PoA). Another of these watches, No. 15849, even exceeded the upper estimate of CHF 55,000 (https://www.cortrie.de/go/7Z6). 20.000 € - 50.000 €

292-4332 Pocket watch: significant chronometer with certificate, Geneva Watchmaking School, signed Francois LeCoultre Ca. Ø51mm, ca. 105g, 18K gold, No. 8684, Vacheron & Constantin Geneva movement, Anker chronometer with Geneva stripes and the Geneva Seal, signed François LeCoultre, enamel dial bearing the signature of the Geneva Watchmaking School, distinctive gold hands; in working order and very well preserved, with original certification papers (Bulletin de Genève) from 1942. A school watch bearing the signature of François LeCoultre is an absolute rarity and a historically significant collector’s item from the history of Swiss watchmaking. Such pieces are generally pocket watch masterpieces produced as part of a student’s training; they were crafted by François LeCoultre at the Geneva Watchmaking School under his direct supervision as a masterpiece or final project (hence ‘school watch’) and signed by him in his capacity as a professor. François LeCoultre (born 14 December 1883; died 25 January 1965 in Geneva) was an outstanding Swiss watchmaker who achieved fame primarily as a long-serving professor at the Geneva Watchmaking School (École d’Horlogerie de Genève) and as the author of the global standard reference work on complicated movements. 7.000 € - 15.000 €

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