Vacheron Constantin

Good morning In the years I have been lucky enough to have a couple of Vacheron ref. 6394, one in yellow and one in white gold. Both of them had the very distinctive hachure croisé e of the carrure (or Lunette Linge as suggeste by Tick Talk). Now, in an I... 

some ref 6394 without Lunette Linge bezel , I think the case been polished ,so lost its original texture. Maybe we could compare the lugs of ref 6394, with Lunette Linge bezel piece to without Linge bezel piece. If the bezel be polished, the lugs also sho...  

The lugs do not have the Linge finish , are always polished. Those with bolished carrure, should however show some extra smoothening of the edges. For me (and may be wrong) all ref 6394 should be like this: ...  

all photos from Antiquorum the middle one was rare , I couldn't use one word to describe its shape. left one, hand-engraved Lunette Linge bezel , right one been polished obviously. SoI think that most of the ref 6394 bezels were smooth when they were made...  

Indeed, there was a version with satine or satin-finish. Here is a catalogue image from 1966. I share your concern with the smooth, mirror polished versions. Although I have never directly examined one, the few hi-res photos I've seen also show signs of o...  

Both of them were 36mm. At same position , V&C's textured area is bigger than PP's . ...  

also same casemaker

I viewed that Italian forum, Orologi & Passioni. A reply there was consistent with my original idea, the case design for VC 6394 and PP 2551 exactly the same, only the shape of the case back is different. Until yesterday I carefully compared the pictures ...