223,500 CHF
Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 439402, case No. 276211, Ref. 4261. Produced in the 1950's.Very fine, rare and important, flat, minute repeating, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch. three-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, teardrop lugs. two-tone pink with applied pink gold indexes and Roman numerals. "Bâton" pink gold hands. Notes Production of Vacheron Constantin minute repeating wristwatches:38 examples in total, in pink, yellow, white gold and platinum : -17 examples in 1942 - 9 examples in 1944 -12 examples in 1951This outstanding wristwatch was developped by Vacheron Constantin in collaboration with Dubois-Dépraz.According to collectors and professionals worldwide, this model is the most beautiful minute repeating wristwatch made during the last 50 years.What is a Minute Repeater?A minute repeating watch tells the time both visually and audibly. A slide on the side of the case, usually near the #9, will activate two hammers in the movement. These hammers strike two gongs curled within the case. First one hammer strikes a gong of lower tonality; it will count out the hours. Then both hammers will strike both gongs alternatively to count out the quarter hours after that hour, and then the second hammer alone striking a gong of higher tonality will count out the minutes aftr that quarter hour. The repeating mechanism was developed by Daniel Quare. In 1687, he had patented a mechanism that sounded the hours and the quarter hours. The early repeaters used b
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2001-03-31
