1942 Vacheron & Constantin Vintage Mens Tear Drop Watch - Stainless Steel & 18K Rose Gold

1942 Vacheron & Constantin Vintage Mens Tear Drop Watch - Stainless Steel & 18K Rose GoldAs the world's oldest watchmaker, Vacheron & Constantin sets the bar for what constitutes a world class timepiece. Prized by kings and queens, heads of state, and prominent public figures, their timepieces rank among the most exclusive and expensive in the world. The handsome mens watch featured in today's offering is one of the company's desirable tear drop lugs models, distinguished by its sculpted teardrop lugs and further refined by its uncommon

whited topped applied steel baton indexes

he dedicated his time and talents to entertaining over two million troops on both stage and radio

presents as better than near mint with slight wear along the edges of the links

by today's standards it would be considered a small unisex size

Powering it is its very fine and early original Rolex handwound movement with Super Balance system

For further reading and a video exploring Co-Axial technology

Information on this model can also be found in Zaf Basha's book Jaeger-LeCoultre: A Collector's Guide

The only replacement parts are the case screws which are commonly replaced because the soft gold of the originals easily strips (and were often lost too)

repeating pattern of Corum logos

Slight signs of polishing to the back - the wording on the back is light but fully intact

25 carats total weight

became the desired movements for some of the most prominent watchmakers in Europe