46,000 CHF
“Blue Tachometer” Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 422611, case No. 267362, Ref. 4072. Made in 1940. Very fine and rare, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph, register, tachometer and two-tone dial. Accompanied by an 18K yellow gold Vacheron Constantin bracelet and a Certificate of Authenticity. Three-body, polished, chamfered bezel, concave lugs. Two-tone silver with applied gold bâton indexes andArabic numerals, subsidiary seconds, 30-minute register, outer fifth second timing scale outermost tachometerscale in blue. Yellow gold "épée" hands. 13’’’ 295, rhodium plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 20 jewels,straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 33 mm. Thickness: 10,8 mm. Notes Very few multi-scale medical chronographs were ever produced by the important watch manufacturers, even fewer have been preserved in such excellent condition. For these reasons, the present lot is an extremely rare and desirable watch.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-04-03
