52,900 CHF
Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, “Automatic”, No. 504544, case No. 341628, Ref. 4958. Made in 1954. Beautiful and rare, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with a pink gold Vacheron Constantin buckle. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. Two-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, rounded band, concave lugs, screwed-down case back. Matte silver with applied pink gold baton indexes, subsidiary seconds. Pink gold "bâton" hands. Cal. P. 498,rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" and “oeil-de-perdrix” decoration, 21 jewels, straight line lever escapement,monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 35 mm. Thickness: 11 mm. Notes Ref. 4958 The beauty and simplicity of this model make it one of the most sought-after of all the creations of Vacheron Constantin. It is quite similar to Patek Philippe Ref. 2526 which was launched in 1953, and like the Patek Philippe model, it has a self-winding movement. Reference 4958 was produced in thirty-six examples in 1954, all water-resistant and in pink gold; thirty-four with Cal. 12’’’ 498, with subsidiary seconds; and two with Cal. 12’’’1071 with center seconds.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-04-03
