123,750 CHF
VACHERON & CONSTANTIN, REF. 4261 MINUTE REPEATER - PINK GOLD & TWO-TONE DIAL Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, movement No. 446002, case No. 276214, Ref. 4261. Completed in 1945. Extremely fine and important, minute-repeating, 18K pink gold wristwatch with two-tone silver dial. Three-body, polished and brushed, inclined stepped bezel, flared lugs, snap-on back. Two-tone brushed silver with applied pink gold radial Arabic numerals and baton indexes, outer minute divisions. Pink gold baton hands. 13''', rhodium plated, fausses cotes decoration, 31 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, flat balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Notes Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 36.2 mm. THICKNESS 8.5 mm. Production of Vacheron Constantin minute repeating wristwatches in the mid-20th century: • 38 examples in total, in pink, yellow, white gold and platinum. • 17 examples in 1942 • 9 examples in 1944/45 The Property of the Original Owner's Family Consigned by the family of the original owner, the present watch is one of the finest examples of the legendary reference 4261 to be offered at auction. The handsome two-tone silver dial with pink gold numerals and indexes exhibits a mellow patination so prized by collectors of vintage wristwatches. Minute repeaters are considered one of the finest achievements of Vacheron Constantin's production of complicated wristwatches. Since the early 1940s until
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2014-03-16
