Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
New York, Apr 09, 2014
LOT 43
VACHERON & CONSTANTIN, REF. 4178 CHRONOGRAPH PINK GOLD Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 466355, case No. 299856, ref. 4178. Made in 1948. Very fine and rare, 18K pink gold wristwatch with square button chronograph, register, telemeter, tachometer and an 18K yellow gold Vacheron & Constantin buckle. Accompanied by a Vacheron & Constantin fitted box and the Extract from the Archives.
USD 20,000 - 30,000
HKD 155,000 - 230,000 / CHF 18,000 - 26,000
Sold: USD 33,750
Three-body, solid, polished, rounded band, snap-on case back, teardrop lugs. Silver with applied pink gold round indexes and Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials, outer 1/5th seconds track with 5-second Arabic markers, tachometer graduation and telemeter scale. Pink gold baton hands. Cal. V492, rhodium-plated, fausses-côtes decoration, 19 jewels, straight- line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures, self-compensating Breguet balance spring.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |