Prestigious Wristwatches

Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Mar 31, 2001

LOT 519

Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 437606, case No. 272463, Ref. 4178. Produced in 1946.Very fine and extremely rare, 18K pink gold and stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph, register and pulsometer. Accompanied by a Vacheron & Constantin 18K yellow gold buckle, fitted box and certificate.

C. three-body, bicolor, polished, pink gold teardrop lugs, push-pieces and winding-crown, steel case.D. "grand champagne" with applied white gold dot indexes and Arabic numerals, auxiliary seconds and 30 minutes register dials, outer pulsometer graduation for 30 pulsations. "Bâton" white gold hands.M. Cal. 13'''-C434, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 35 mm.