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18ct rose gold Vacheron & Constantin, reference 4126 wristwatch. Made 1940

18ct rose gold Vacheron & Constantin, reference 4126 wristwatch. Made 1940

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Information

  • Brand: Vacheron & Constantin
  • Year: 1940
  • Model: Dress watch
  • Reference: 4126
  • Calibre: 453
  • Movement: Manual
  • Material: 18ct rose gold
  • Features/complications: Teardrop lugs
  • Dial: Silvered dial with applied gold mirror polished Roman numeral hour indices featuring inner minute track with gold baton hands and subsidiary seconds at 6 o'clock
  • Case dimensions: 35mm 
  • Bracelet/strap: Leather strap
  • Accessories: N/A
  • SKU: 2904

Essay

For Vacheron Constantin the beauty doesn’t stop with the watch movements, it’s part of their design too.  This example from the mid 40’s encapsulated this brilliantly using key design, the teardrop lugs. In the 1950’s and 40’s the creative vision of Vacheron Constantin moved towards watchcase design. In this period Vacheron offered several types of lug designs including scroll, flame, teardrop, horn, and butterfly lugs.