225,000 HKD
Vacheron & Constantin Ref. 4178 Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, movement No. 437664, case No. 294264, Ref. 4178. Made in 1946. Very fine and rare, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with square button chronograph, register, and tachometer. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, rounded band, fancy flared lugs. Silver with applied yellow gold Arabic and baton numerals, minute and 1/5th second track, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials, outermost radial tachometer scale. Yellow gold baton hands. Cal. 434, 13’’’, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 19 jewels, straight line lever escapement, beryllium balance with timing screws, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 12 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2011-02-26
