Vacheron Constantin

• cal. 1003 manual winding nickel lever movement, mono-metallic compensation balance, 17 jewels • silvered dial, applied baton indexes • 18k yellow case, large bezel, snap-on case back • case, dial and movement signed • with an 18k yellow gold chain

This watch belonged to Salvatore Quasimodo an Italian author and poet, Nobel Prize winner for Literature in 1959. He is considered to be one of the foremost Italian poets of the 20th century, along with Giuseppe Ungaretti and Eugenio Montale. Salvatore Quasimodo wore the present watch when he received the Noble Prize and the piece has remained in his family ever since.