Vacheron Constantin

Hi!!

I've just registered and I have a problem determining which model is my Vacheron,when it's made and what's it worth? I will upload the pictures. Any help is welcome.

Thanks in advence!!

Here are the pictures.

Thats a pretty interesting piece there, if only it could talk.

It looks like a mish mash of different eras has come together here in just one example. The movement is from likely a ladies pocket watch. The serial number on the movement dates it to 1916, a time before wrist watches as we know them.

The case is very unique. I have no resource to date the case by the serial number inside. The marks look a little suspect to me. It would at any rate be a custom case, the movement and case are "wedded" together in what is sometimes called a wedding watch. By its design, I would judge it to have come some 20+ years after the movement. Pretty unusual to have the crown at 12. I'm sure the size would be about 28-30mm.

The dial and hands bear only a passing similarity to anything Vacheron related, and would again be from a different era altogether.

I'm afraid your watch would have little market value. Although it is an interesting conversation piece and something nice to wear on occation.

in the 1930's, using pocket watch style movements. That the dial isn't signed and is in poor condition makes me worry about the watch's authenticity.

I don't have a problem with the style of hands. They are correct to my eyes.


Bill

There was a period when they made watches with the crown at 12, and now that you mention it, I may have seen one before.

What struck me is the age of the movement relative to the case style, quite a big gap. And while the size of the movement in the case looks good, the two movement retaining screws look a bit clumsy.

That style of hands, didn't they come much later, 1960's? The dial looks like it was preped for a redial, and not finished.

I guess that you would have to send it in to Geneve to have them sort it out for a difinitive answer. We can only speculate.