Vacheron Constantin Art Déco rectangular - Enamel engraved two-tone dial expressed through traditional case forms

expressed through traditional case forms and the kind of dial craft that requires no explanation

and the small seconds subdial at 6 o'clock all dissolve into the overall warmth of the composition

The reference 425 — affectionately known as the "Tegolino

and 9 anchor the layout with period confidence

its weight on the wrist a constant reminder of the metal's density and rarity

Vacheron Constantin Art Déco rectangular - Enamel engraved two-tone dial expressed through traditional case formsThere is a particular confidence to 1930s and 1940s Vacheron Constantin that no subsequent decade quite replicated. The rectangular case was the dominant form of the era elongated, architectural, worn on the wrist like a piece of jewellery and Geneva's oldest manufacture executed it with a rigour that lesser houses could only approximate. This example carries a dial of genuine craft: engraved enamel, worked in two tones a silvered centre field against