Vacheron Constantin Ref. 4724 Guilloché Dial

teacher Sun · 2019-10-17T22:01:05Z

Explore the Vacheron Constantin Ref. 4724, a rare vintage piece with a 37mm case and guilloché dial. Uncover production details and dial variations.

Teacher Sun seeks community insights on the Vacheron Constantin Ref. 4724, a vintage piece distinguished by its 37mm case and unique guilloché dial. The author notes the consistency of the dial design across various auction records, suggesting a low production quantity for this reference. This discussion aims to uncover more information about the Ref. 4724, including potential dial variations and its relationship to other Vacheron Constantin models.

Hello everyone.

Recently bought an antique VC, ref.4724. It has a huge case, 37mm. Large straight and curved legs. The most attractive is the dial： "guilloche" silver, vertical line at the center, two circular extermal lines, with applied gold lozenge indexes and Arabic numerals. Yellow gold "Baton" hands.

I found that the dial was identical, whether it was on sale or for the record of the auction .

There are many changes in the antique VC dial, but I compare the results of the three auctions with the one I bought，they are all the same.According to this, I guess the VC production quantity of this model is very low.

Is there any more information? Is there any other kind of dial with ref.4724?

I'm here waiting for your help.

Key Points from the Discussion

The Ref. 4724's case design is often associated with Georges Croisier, a workshop and designer whose contributions to Vacheron Constantin's aesthetic are significant.
The Ref. 4724 shares design elements with the Chronomètre Royal references (4838, 4907), but the 4724 uses standard manual movements (Cal. 453 & 454) and can be rarer, especially with cloisonné enamel dials.
The guilloché dial's natural oxidation over time can create varied appearances, and cleaned dials may look more pleasant than heavily oxidized ones.
The Ref. 4724 is considered a very rare piece, produced in 1951, with almost unique lugs and a lovely hand-wound P454/5B movement, succeeding a 1940s automatic version.
The dials for this series, including cloisonné variants, were likely produced by Beyeler, a competitor to Stern Freres and Singer, later acquired by Rolex.
The author's research suggests a very low output for Ref. 4724, with consistent dial and hand designs across observed examples from 1952-1953.

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mpg13

Oct 17, 2019

I don't know anything about the watch but it's one of the nicest vintage VC I've seen [nt]

teacher Sun

Oct 18, 2019

My favorite is dial technology. [nt]

Reuven Malter

Oct 18, 2019

I love the dial!

You really have an exciting piece. Congratulations! You already know a lot about your piece. All is know is: - it has been produced in 1951. - these lugs are almost unique, very nice. - the piece is very rare. Vacheron has made many of these simple 3-hand- pieces like this at the time, yet your watch is one of the rarest references they made at the time. - Your watch has a predecessor from the 40s, that actually was one of the first automatic watches from Vacheron, while your watch has the lovel

teacher Sun

Oct 18, 2019

Thank you for your reply

By searching auction records and my own judgment, was produced in the early 1950s. You said it was produced in 1951, and i don't know if it was terminated in 1953. Can you find the historical production quantity of this ref.？

anon438

Oct 18, 2019

RE: Vacheron & Constantin ref 4724

This style is best known by the aficionados as the Chronomètre Royal (CR refs 4838, 4907), it have been not much recognised yet that there have been also variants with 'standrad' V&C 453 & 454 manual movement. Some of them outperform the CR samples in rarity easily - especially if you think about the Cloisonné Enamel dials variants. Maybe you call the design of the case simply the 'Georges Croisier' or the 'GC'? It was from his workshop, probably the designer also: Check the VC background info h

anon438

Oct 18, 2019

Hand Guilloché silvered dial with 18K gold indexes and pearl minute track

The hand Guilloché pattern of the silvered dial with the applied 18K gold indexes is ultra fine and fully developed and points in a later period of those dials, in the early period of 1950's Guilloché dials the dial style was more simple. The pearl minute track is also original from V&C and not after marked made.

Vacheron Constantin Ref. 4724 Guilloché Dial

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