94,400 CHF
“Ref. 4072, Staybrite Two-Tone Dial” Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 431481, case No. 273534, Ref. 4072. Made in 1943. Very fine and extremely rare, "Staybrite" gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph, register and tachometer and two-tone dial. Accompanied by the certificate of origin. Three-body, polished and brushed, sloped bezel, concave lugs. Two-tone silver with applied white gold faceted “baton” indexes, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials, outer minutes and fifths of a second track with Arabic five minute/second numerals, outer tachometer graduation for 1 mile. White gold "baton" hands. Cal. 13’’’ 434 chronographe, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 21 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 33 mm. Thickness 11.5 mm Notes This watch was recently fully overhauled by Vacheron Constantin. This sporty and dynamic watch in Staybrite, like certain Patek Philippe or Rolex sports watches, is one of the models Vacheron Constantin became famous for during the second third of the 20th century. Beautiful, masculine, and technically perfect, not only was it a commercial success at the time, but has long been appreciated by collectors, who consider it one of the “immortals” of horological history. Staybrite Is the name of a steel alloy containing 0.2% carbon, 18% chromium and 8% nickel. It is a stainless material th
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-10-15
