Elegant Swiss 18k gold keyless dress watch Circa 1918

Swiss lever with chronograph and 30-minute register
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A very fine and rare, 18K gold Swiss hunting cased, keyless dress watch with chronograph and 30-minute register, circa1918. Accompanied by a fitted box and an original Certificate of Origin by Vacheron & Constantin, Genève. A gold hinged cuvette. White enamel dial with radial Roman numerals, outer minute and seconds track with five-minute/seconds Arabic markers, the 30-minute recorder at 12 o’clock, sunk subsidiary seconds. Blued steel spade hands. A frosted gilt movement, 22 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometric regulator. Dial, case and movement signed.
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Diameter: 55 mm
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Signed: Vacheron & Constantin Genève
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An excellent example of a complicated Vacheron Constantin watch, in which even the smallest details have been finished with great care.