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Lot 78
Vacheron Constantin. A fine, rare and attractive 18K gold chronograph wristwatch with two-tone champagne dial, pulsometre and box
SIGNED VACHERON & CONSTANTIN, GENÈVE, REF. 4178, MOVEMENT NO. 437'533, CASE NO. 287'435, MANUFACTURED IN 1945
Closed9 November 2015
Price Realised
CHF 30,000
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Specialist note
With Vacheron Constantin period presentation box.
According to the Archives of Vacheron Constantin, the present watch was manufactured in 1945.
The reference 4178 offered here for sale is distinguished by its charismatic two-tone gilt dial enhanced by the rare and much sought after pulsation scale and its generally very attractive, original overall condition.
Reference 4178, one of Vacheron Constantin's landmark chronograph models, was in production from 1938 until the early 1970s. It existed with oval-shaped chronograph buttons or with the better known rectangular variant, the bezel was either beveled or flat.
For other Vacheron Constantin chronograph models from the 1940s, designed to measure short periods of time, such as pulsations, or for events captured by tachymeter and telemeter scales, see Secrets of Vacheron Constantin by Franco Cologni, p. 238.
According to the Archives of Vacheron Constantin, the present watch was manufactured in 1945.
The reference 4178 offered here for sale is distinguished by its charismatic two-tone gilt dial enhanced by the rare and much sought after pulsation scale and its generally very attractive, original overall condition.
Reference 4178, one of Vacheron Constantin's landmark chronograph models, was in production from 1938 until the early 1970s. It existed with oval-shaped chronograph buttons or with the better known rectangular variant, the bezel was either beveled or flat.
For other Vacheron Constantin chronograph models from the 1940s, designed to measure short periods of time, such as pulsations, or for events captured by tachymeter and telemeter scales, see Secrets of Vacheron Constantin by Franco Cologni, p. 238.