FJ & RD Story Antique Clocks has dated this piece to the 1940s.
The case is sterling silver and 59mm in diameter, the back of the case is marked for Hydrographic Service HS 55076.
Opening the back reveals a polished dust cover with hallmarks repeated on the inside;
0.925
Vacheron & Constantin Swiss 286408
The movement is a superb combination of state-of-the art mechanicals and immaculate finish.
The 21-jewel, 21-ligne (about 47mm diameter) caliber 166 is a full-bridge design and features a swan's-neck regulator, Guillaume alloy bimetallic split balance, and overcoil blued-steel hairspring.
While deck chronometers' movements typically show excellent functional finish, V&C have gone far beyond that standard, providing smoothness, polish and a glow generally reserved for cost-no-object watches.
Balance bridge, jewel and cap, and swan's-neck regulator; pure sculpture in polished steel.
Atop the main bridge is an elegant little cock which carries the jewel for the center-seconds; the spring lightly presses on the stem to prevent the hand wobbling, a typical solution for an indirect center-seconds movement.
Excellent Geneva stripes and polished anglage all around, beautiful gears with exceptionally smooth teeth.
For safe transport the watch rests in a fitted brass carrier, and is topped with a protective window with screwed-in bezel.
This high quality deck chronometer is in fine original condition with the movement fully serviced by our FBHI and Worshipful Clockmakers Company awarded horologist.
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FJ & RD Story Antique Clocks has dated this piece to the 1940s.
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A fine quality Vacheron & Constantin Deck Watch Chronometer c.1942
