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Vacheron Constantin
Ref. 6448
A supremely elegant, scarce and enormously collectible white gold minute repeating wristwatch with diamond-set numerals
- Estimate
- CHF100,000 - 200,000$100,000 - 200,000€103,000 - 206,000
CHF541,800
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Vacheron Constantin
- Year
- 1961
- Reference No
- 6448
- Movement No
- 455'138
- Case No
- 873'261
- Material
- 18K white gold
- Calibre
- Manual, cal. 13''', 29 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- Leather
- Clasp/Buckle
- Pin buckle
- Dimensions
- 36.5mm Diameter
- Signed
- Case, dial and movement signed
- Accessories
- Accompanied by Vacheron Constantin Extract form the Archives.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
Vacheron Constantin made its first minute repeater pocket-watch in 1812, before combining striking mechanisms with major complications throughout the following decades and created its first wristwatch minute repeater in 1930.
Ever since, the brand has mastered the delicate art of chiming timepieces making some of the most beautiful and best sounding minute repeaters ever made.
Reference 6448 sits apart from Vacheron Constantin’s vintage minute repeater wristwatches as it has straight lugs as opposed to the brand’s signature tear drop lugs of the reference 4261. Furthermore, it was the last vintage minute repeater wristwatch made by the brand – who waited 30 years until reintroducing this complication in a wristwatch in the early 1990s.
Reference 6448 was made in only three unique examples: platinum with diamond indexes, white gold with baton indexes and white gold with diamond indexes – the present watch, that has been in a private European collection for close to a quarter of a century.
The sotto voce elegance of this timepiece with the flamboyance of the diamond markers and theatricality of the minute repeating mechanism make it not only an in incredibly appealing watch from which emanates an air of calm luxury but the well-preserved condition and ultra-rarity make it a crown jewel in any collection.
Ever since, the brand has mastered the delicate art of chiming timepieces making some of the most beautiful and best sounding minute repeaters ever made.
Reference 6448 sits apart from Vacheron Constantin’s vintage minute repeater wristwatches as it has straight lugs as opposed to the brand’s signature tear drop lugs of the reference 4261. Furthermore, it was the last vintage minute repeater wristwatch made by the brand – who waited 30 years until reintroducing this complication in a wristwatch in the early 1990s.
Reference 6448 was made in only three unique examples: platinum with diamond indexes, white gold with baton indexes and white gold with diamond indexes – the present watch, that has been in a private European collection for close to a quarter of a century.
The sotto voce elegance of this timepiece with the flamboyance of the diamond markers and theatricality of the minute repeating mechanism make it not only an in incredibly appealing watch from which emanates an air of calm luxury but the well-preserved condition and ultra-rarity make it a crown jewel in any collection.
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.
Browse MakerKey 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.