The Quarter Millennium of Vacheron Co...

Geneva, Apr 03, 2005

LOT 141

?Multi-Scale Medical Chronograph? Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 437449, case No. 279252, Ref. 4072. Made in 1943. Beautiful and very rare, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph, register, tachometer, pulsometer and asthmometer, with pink gold Vacheron Constantin buckle. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.

CHF 40,000 - 60,000

EUR 25,000 - 40,000 / USD 35,000 - 50,000

Sold: CHF 121,900

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, sloped bezel, concave lugs. D. Silvered, brushed, with applied pinkgold Arabic numerals and lapidated bâton indexes, subsidiary "guilloché" dials for the seconds and 30-minuteregister, inner ?snail? tachometer with a base of 1000, outer fifth second scale, outermost pulsation andrespiration graduation. Pink gold "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 13'''-434, rhodium plated, 19 jewels, straight line leverescapement, beryllium balance with timing screws, adjusted to temperatures, self-compensating Breguetbalance-spring, index regulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 35 mm. Thickness: 10.4 mm.


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Grade:
Case: 3 - 23
Movement: 3*

Good

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

Notes

Very few multi-scale medical chronographs were ever produced by the important watch manufacturers, even fewer have been preserved in such excellent condition. For these reasons, the present lot is an extremely rare and desirable watch.