Vacheron Constantin Art Déco rectangular - Enamel engraved two-tone dial it wears with the discreet

it wears with the discreet authority of a watch that has nothing to prove — present on the wrist without imposing

its most Vallée de Joux

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

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

This example presents in excellent condition throughout — a complete

Vacheron Constantin Art Déco rectangular - Enamel engraved two-tone dial it wears with the discreetThere 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