A brief study of the Corps of Engineers pocket chronographs
With the creation of the American Heritage Project in support of VC’s newly opened New York Boutique, there has been renewed interest in historic timepieces with American connections. Most ubiquitous perhaps are the Corps of Engineers silver-cased pocket ...
I did, I did enjoy this history lesson.
This is great stuff. Thank you for this update and for your detective work. As you stated, "The intricate relationship between Swiss manufactures is always fascinating." The same could be said about the development of the cal. 1003 (VC) and cal. 2003 (AP)...
Pin-Set Movement
All of the V&C chronographs were "pin-set", which identifies the little button you noticed to the left of the crown. Normal winding was accomplished with the crown but setting the time required that you first depress the pin which engaged the hands to...
Really neat detective work.
I found this little history lesson very interesting. It was a lot of fun to read. Best regards, George
"Examined By Vacheron & Constantin"
To conclude this examination of the Corps of Engineers pocket chronographs, I'd like to address a semi-ersatz version marked on the cuvette as "Examined By Vacheron & Constantin Gen è ve ". As previously discussed, the delivery order for pocket chronograp...
I just had that same watch delivered!
Looks like I fell for the oldest trick, bad pictures and not looking properly. I´ve just bought that watch! The seconds hand has been replaced in the meantime. It´s clearly not as stated, a Vacheron & Constantin watch! Vacheron & Constantin 250968073590 R...
Ouch...I think you can make a case
with the seller or fleabay to return the watch for being "not as described". Too bad you didn't see this post first :-(
Eyes wide shut would be the correct definition
At the moment, i don´t know what to do, on one hand the watch is rare, maybe even rarer than the watches with original V&C movements, yet on the other hand I do feel like I´ve been "taken for a ride". What would Vacheron & Constantin say...
Interesting stuff about the VnC movements, but...
...the one I just inherited appears to be something different? (Link Removed) Movement numbered 379xxx, so I guess it would pre-date the earliest one you wrote about here. I would be interested to know if, since the time you posted this, have you seen exa...
How are these different?
Can you post a clear image of the serial number? It may extend the range of movement numbers documented in the original post. ...