51,920 CHF
Yellow Gold Ref. 4178 Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 466482, case No. 303425, Ref. 4178. Made in 1949. Very fine and very rare, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with square button chronograph, register, telemeter, tachometer, two-tone dial and an 18K yellow gold Vacheron Constantin buckle. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, rounded band, lapidated teardrop lugs. Two-tone gold with applied yellow gold baton indexes and Arabic half-hour numerals, outer minutes and fifths of seconds divisions, subsidiary guilloché seconds and 30-minute register dials, outermost telemeter and tachometer graduations. Yellow 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, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 11 mm. From “The Collection” Notes The flared lugs of Ref. 4178 are one of the unique characteristics of Vacheron Constantin chronographs. Instantly recognizable, perfectly proportioned, this is one of the most beautiful and sought-after sports chronograph watches of the 1940s. For other examples of the Ref. 4178 see: Antiquorum, Geneve, "The Quarter Millennium of Vacheron Constantin", April 3, 2005, lots 140, 144, 146, 147, 213
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2007-11-11
