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Hong Kong,the Ritz Carlton Hotel,harbour Room, 3rd Floor, Jun 02, 2007

LOT 182

Pink Gold ?Medical Chronograph? Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 431209, case No. 270497, Ref. 4072. Made in 1942. Very fine and rare, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph, register, pulsometer and an 18K pink gold buckle.

HKD 250,000 - 300,000

USD 33,000 - 40,000 / EUR 25,000 - 30,000

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, inclined bezel, concave lugs. D. Matte silver with applied pink gold baton indexes and Roman half-hour numerals, subsidiary seconds, 30-minute register, outer minutes and fifths of a second divisions with Arabic 10-second numerals, outermost pulsometer scale. Pink gold "baton" hands. M. Cal. 13??? 434, rhodium plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 21 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, beryllium balance with timing screws, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness: 12 mm. Property of an Italian Gentleman


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-9-20-01

Good

Scratched

Period original

HANDS Original

Notes

This chronograph was one of Vacheron Constantin?s greatest successes. It was offered with various types of dial during the two decades of its production, though the classic lines of its case remained unchanged. For a similar watch see: Antiquorum, Geneva, ?The Quarter Millennium of Vacheron Constantin?, April 3, 2005, lot 194.