Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Hotel Du Rhone, Apr 02, 2006

LOT 380

Ref. 4178 "Pink Two-Tone Dial" Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 431220, case No. 269931, Ref. 4178. Made in 1942. Very fine and very rare, 18K pink gold gentleman?s wristwatch with square button chronograph, register, tachometer and two-tone dial.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, rounded band, fancy flared lugs. D. Two-tone gilt with applied pink gold dot indexes and Roman numerals at 12 and 6, minute and 1/5th second track, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials, outermost radial tachometer scale. Pink gold "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 434, 13???, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 19 jewels, straight line lever escapement, beryllium balance with timing screws, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 12 mm.