Vacheron Constantin. A very rare and attractive 18K pink gold chronograph wristwatch with double-hooded cylindrical flexible lugs

SIGNED VACHERON & CONSTANTIN, GENÈVE, REF. 4083, MOVEMENT NO. 427'230, CASE NO. 266'656, MANUFACTURED IN 1940

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Vacheron Constantin. A very rare and attractive 18K pink gold chronograph wristwatch with double-hooded cylindrical flexible lugs
Signed Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, ref. 4083, movement no. 427'230, case no. 266'656, manufactured in 1940
Cal. 13''' mechanical jeweled lever movement, bimetallic compensation balance, silvered matte dial, outer railway Arabic five minute divisions and tachymetre scale, two engine-turned subsidiary dials for constant seconds and 30 minutes register, circular case, double-hooded cylindrical lugs, snap on back, two rectangular chronograph buttons in the band, case, dial and movement signed
33 mm. diam.

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Lot Essay

According to the Archives of Vacheron Constantin, the present watch was manufactured in 1940.

Vacheron Constantin's reference 4083 is amongst the rarest chronograph models ever made by the celebrated manufacture. Launched in the late 1930s, it was produced in an extremely small series only. In fact, according to literature, only six examples in yellow gold and twelve in pink gold were ever made, underlining the exclusivity of this landmark chronograph.

An example of a reference 4083 in pink gold is illustrated in Die Schönsten Armbanduhren vergangener Jahrzehnte by Giampiero Negretti/Franco Nencini, p. 276.

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