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Vacheron Constantin
Ref. 47111/00P-8286
Les Historiques Chronograph
A rare and attractive platinum chronograph wristwatch with salmon guilloché dial and fan-shaped lugs
Full-Cataloguing
Since 1989, Vacheron Constantin has be using the Lemania 2310 and 2320 as its base for creating some of the most gorgeous chronographs lines such as Malte, Historiques and Patrimony Traditionnelle. Renamed as calibre 1141, the two-register movement uses the Lemania 2320 which comes with 21 jewels and a swan-neck regulator.
The present ref 47111 sized at 36mm were produced in mostly yellow gold with a small run of platinum versions. Dials available were white, black and the alluring salmon with a peach hue. Married with a vertical guilloché finish, the leaf shaped hands used on the registers is pure class.
Confirmed by the manufacture’s Extract from the Archives, the present timepiece dated to 2001.
Vacheron Constantin
Swiss | 1755The world's oldest watch brand in continuous operation since its founding in 1755, Vacheron Constantin was the first watch company to manufacture movements with interchangeable parts beginning in 1839. Vacheron's watches are admired for their Latin-influenced case designs, well-balanced proportions and exquisitely finished movements of the highest quality. The Geneva-based manufacturer is known for their highly complicated masterpieces, including the King Farouk Grand Complication made in 1935, the Tour de l'Ile that was the most complicated serially produced wristwatch when introduced in 2005 and the 57260 — the world’s most complicated watch — made in 2015.
Key vintage models include minute repeating wristwatches such as the references 4261, chronographs such as the references 4178 and 6087 and the oversized Cioccolotone models such as ref. 4737. Collectors also appreciate Vacheron's Chronometer Royal pocket and wristwatches, as well as the '222,' the brand's first luxury sports watch produced from 1977 through 1984.