Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces.

Hong Kong, Oct 27, 2018

LOT 307

VACHERON CONSTANTIN REF. 4072, CHRONOGRAPH, 18K YELLOW GOLD

HKD 170,000 - 234,000

CHF 21,000 - 29,000 / USD 22,000 - 30,000

Sold: HKD 250,000

Vacheron Constantin, Reference 4072 18K yellow gold, manual-winding, round-shaped, gentleman's wristwatch, with snap-on case-back, subsidiary seconds at 9 and two horological complications: 1/5 second chronograph with rectangular push-pieces and telemetric scale graduated for 1 000 meters, Half-instantaneous 30-minute recorder (subsidiary dial at 3 o'clock)


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 2-8

Very good

Slightly scratched
Movement: 2*

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 2-6-01

Very good

Slightly oxidized

HANDS Original

Brand Vacheron Constantin

Reference Ref. 4072

Year 1962

Movement No. 470 XXX

Case No. 387 XXX

Bracelet green velvet leather strap

Caliber 492, Glucydur screw-balance and blued steel hairspring with terminal curve, adjusted to temperatures

Dimensions Ø 34.5 mm.

Signature dial, case and movement

Accessories Accompanied by an Extract from the Archives

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 (1940-1960), though the classic lines of its case remained unchanged. Similar watches were sold during the Antiquorum's auction devoted to the world's oldest watch manufacturer - The Quarter Millennium of Vacheron Constantin, 1755-2005 (Geneva, April 3, 2005; 250 lots), lots 155 (in pink gold), 194 (in yellow gold with pulsometric scale), 195-196 (in yellow gold) and 235 (in yellow gold with pulsometric scale).