Large Swiss silver open faced lever deck watch Circa 1942

Silver lever chronometer deck watch
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A fine and rare Swiss, large, silver, keyless deck and pocket chronometer, circa 1942. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. A polished case, hinged cuvette. White enamel dial, bold upright Arabic numerals, outer minute track, large subsidiary seconds. Blued steel spade hands. A rhodium-plated movement, Geneva striping decoration, 19 jewels, wolf’s tooth winding, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometre regulator. Dial, case and movement signed.
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Diameter: 59 mm
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Signed: Vacheron & Constantin  Genève
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The present watch is one of a series of 150 pocket lever chronometers made by Vacheron & Constantin in the 1940s.