Exceptional horologic works of art

Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Oct 11, 2003

LOT 542

Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 429871, case No. 272469, Ref. 4178. Produced circa 1941. Very fine and rare, 18K pink gold and stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph, register and tachometer with an 18K pink gold Vacheron Constantin buckle.

C. three-body, bicolored, polished, pink gold teardrop lugs, chronograph buttons and winding-crown, steel case, rounded band, sloped bezel. D. matte silver with applied pink gold baton indexes and Arabic numerals, auxiliary seconds and 30-minute register dials, outer tachometer graduation, concentric, 1/5th second scale. Pink gold "Bâton" hands. M. Cal. 13'''- V 434, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 35 mm.