No message body

I'm reviving here that good ol' thread. But for a mighty good reason: some vintage Vacheron scholarship. It seems that that accent grave was, as assumed, not intended to appear on the dial of this particular model. An identical model, albeit in white gold, has surfaced on chrono24. I attach images.

The original case finishing was most probably satin, but the watch has not been aggressively polished – it's just normal wear, very much like scratches or patina. How would you go about restoring the original finish? Send it to VC? I've owned this watch for more than a month now. What a pleasure it

On the outside there are no markings whatsoever.

Highlighted in black in the attached picture.

The Breguet finishing of the movement is also, not surprisingly, exquisite. Can you say something about the buckle? What does the A.W. stand for?

A couple of days ago I sent Vacheron Constantin an email, as suggested by Rogi, with the case and movement number. Yesterday they wrote me back that the number correspond to a watch manufactured in 1973.

You are probably right that the original case finishing was satin. However, it seems that the watch was not aggressively polished. I went today to two watchmakers and one vintage dealer in the metropolis I call home. They suggest that this is normal wear, like scratches or patina – the watch has liv

Regarding the case, I'm not quite convinced. I attach pictures of four different cases from the same era, very much V&C feel and aesthetics to me. All – apart from the automatic one – equipped with the 1014. All with polished case finishing. Now, it could be of course that they were all polished at