Pocket watch with aluminium movement, dial, hands and case
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A very rare and lightweight Swiss aluminium keyless wind pocket watch by Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, circa 1948. Nickel finish 17 jewels Swiss lever movement, cut and compensated bimetallic balance, adjusted to temperature. Silvered dial, applied Roman numerals, black outer minute divisions, Breguet hands and subsidiary seconds at 6. Polished aluminium open faced case, inscription to back. Case, dial and movement signed.
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Diameter: 45 mm
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Weight 20 g
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Signed: Vacheron & Constantin Genève
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Vacheron Constantin, watch with aluminium movement, dial, hands and case The total WEIGHT of this watch, including case, movement, dial, hands and the glass, is 20 grams! This model of watch was especially and only made by Vacheron Constantin for The Canadian Aluminium Limited Company (Aluminium Fiduciaries Limited, Montreal) in few examples, between 1938 and 1955, and presented to important visitors or offered to the employees of the Canadian company for their 25th anniversary of services. This type of watch is described, around 1950, in different professional newspapers.
Original fitted box, hang tag and instructions booklet “Votre montre aluminium” (Your Aluminium Watch).
