44,840 CHF
Ref. 4072 “Two-Tone Dial” Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 466543, case No. 297749, Ref. 4072. Made in 1947. Very fine and very rare, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph, register and tachometer, telemeter and two-tone dial. Three-body, polished and brushed, inclined bezel, concave lugs. Two-tone silver with applied pink gold faceted “baton” indexes and Roman 6 and 12, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials, outer minutes and fifths of a second track with Arabic five minute/second numerals, outer tachometer and concentric telemer graduations. Pink gold "baton" hands. Cal. 13’’’ 492 chronographe, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 19 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness 12 mm. Notes This sporty and dynamic watch, like certain Patek Philippe or Rolex sports watches, is one of the models Vacheron Constantin became famous for during the second third of the 20th century. Beautiful, masculine, and technically perfect, not only was it a commercial success at the time, but has long been appreciated by collectors, who consider it one of the “immortals” of horological history.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-11-12
