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VACHERON CONSTANTIN | CIOCCOLATONE, REFERENCE 473, PINK GOLD SQUARE WRISTWATCH, CIRCA 1950
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December 5, 02:36 PM GMT
Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 GBP
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PROPERTY OF THE ORIGINAL OWNER'S FAMILY
VACHERON CONSTANTIN
CIOCCOLATONE, REFERENCE 4737
PINK GOLD SQUARE WRISTWATCH,
CIRCA 1950
Dial: silvered
Calibre: cal. P1019 automatic, 21 jewels
Movement number: 521'645
Case: 18ct pink gold, snap-on back
Case number: 348'079
Closure: brown Vacheron Constantin alligator leather strap with unsigned gold plated pin buckle
Dimensions: 34mm width x 43mm length
Signed: case, dial and movement
Accessories: none
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The present oversized Toledo-case reference 4737 was nicknamed "Cioccolatone" by Italian collectors as the timepiece is redolent of a square of chocolate. Its large distinctive shape and curved profile really capture the zeitgeist of the time of its release in the 1950s, echoing the grand contemporary American curves of the period.
This example is fitted with the automatic calibre P1019, a step forward from the previously used bumper calibre 477/1.