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Lot Essay
According to the Archives of Vacheron Constantin, the present watch was manufactured in 1910.
The engraved scene on the reverse of the present watch is after Louis-Léopold Robert's work "Arrivée des Moissonneurs dans les Marais Pontins" or "Summer Reapers arriving in the Pontine Marshes", Musée du Louvre, Paris.
Louis-Léopold Robert (1794 - 1835), was born in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, but left his native country with the engraver Girardet at the age of sixteen for Paris. He was renowned for his works depicting the customs and life of the people, of southern Italy especially but the painting "Summer Reapers arriving in the Pontine Marshes", 1831, (Louvre), which became the property of Louis Philippe, established his reputation.
For black and white archival images showing other watches decorated with engravings after works of Louis-Léopold Robert, notably "Les Moissonneurs", see The World of Vacheron Constantin by Carole Lambelet, Lorette Coen, p. 293, pl. 1094 & 1098.
The engraved scene on the reverse of the present watch is after Louis-Léopold Robert's work "Arrivée des Moissonneurs dans les Marais Pontins" or "Summer Reapers arriving in the Pontine Marshes", Musée du Louvre, Paris.
Louis-Léopold Robert (1794 - 1835), was born in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, but left his native country with the engraver Girardet at the age of sixteen for Paris. He was renowned for his works depicting the customs and life of the people, of southern Italy especially but the painting "Summer Reapers arriving in the Pontine Marshes", 1831, (Louvre), which became the property of Louis Philippe, established his reputation.
For black and white archival images showing other watches decorated with engravings after works of Louis-Léopold Robert, notably "Les Moissonneurs", see The World of Vacheron Constantin by Carole Lambelet, Lorette Coen, p. 293, pl. 1094 & 1098.