I have always love rose gold watches. This 18k rose gold Vacheron & Constantin Geneva ref 4665 wristwatch, from the 1953 as it has a nice size and dial design. It is considered oversized at the time, as it has a 35mm case. It also has a lovely silver guilloché & champlevé enamel dial with the brand's signature and the maltese cross at 12 o'clock. In addition, the watch has a screw back case. It is the first VC’s first automatic wrist watch was introduced in 1951, the 12-ligne bumper-winding caliber 477 with central seconds.
Like all of their calibers since 1938, it was based upon a rough-finished ebauche from their movement supplier Jaeger LeCoultre. It is a self-winding watch powered by a Vacheron & Constantin bumper automatic movement high grade caliber 477/1 - The first Vacheron & Constantin automatic movement with sweep second hand, introduced in 1951 and only produced for two years through 1952.
This bumper automatic movement uses a rotor which arcs backwards and forwards between the two bumper springs to wind the watch. The rotor is heavy with the purpose of increasing the efficiency of the auto winding mechanism. When the wrist moves the rotor moves too and you can feel and hear the rotor bouncing between the two bumper springs. The movement features 17 jewels, sweep second hand, adjusted to temperatures, 18,800 A/h, Geneve - Swiss made. The Vacheron & Constantin high grade caliber 477/1 comes from the wily documented days of the Jaeger-LeCoultre and Vacheron & Constantin partnership, one of the alliances, the 477/1 is based on the caliber JLC 481.
Even though I have missed collecting the Vacheron ref 6562, I am forunuate to be able to find this rare pink gold bumoer movement Vacheron. This shall be my last watch purchase for the year and it matched well with my VC ref 6694 Batman and ref 4996 Devil’s horn。Even though Vacheron has a long history of watch production, owing to the high positioning, prices are quite high.
Moreover, I am limiting myself to collecting watches above 34mm in size as part of the criteria, making it harder to collect watches.
Rose gold watches are not easy to photograph unless put aside with yellow gold watches
The three watches seating together
江詩丹頓Vacheron & Constantin 的第一款自動腕錶於 1951 年推出，採用 12 法分緩衝上鍊機芯 477 bumper automatic movement，並配有中央秒針和它有一個漂亮的設計錶盤。 與 1938 年以來的所有機芯一樣，它是基於機芯供應商積家 (Jaeger LeCoultre) 的基本ebauche 打造的。这款江诗丹顿日内瓦腕表，20世纪50年代，当时被认为是超大号，有一个38毫米的表壳和一个银色的guilloché & champlevé珐琅表盘，12点钟处有该品牌的签名和马耳他十字架。
Another similar watch in yellow gold
There are also ref 4465 without the cross on the dial, probably made for the Middle East market.
＇White gold ref 4465 fropm the internet
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