F253 Superb Vacheron Constantin Aluminum Case PW Alcan

Superb condition in box dedicated for 25 years of loyal services for Alcan aluminum cie ,works well but as been stored for decades therefore a movement cleaning should be done for exact time keeping .

The Vacheron & Constantin aluminum watch was conceived in 1937 upon request by Henry Banks (sic) of Montreal, a Vacheron Constantin agent, on behalf of the Canadian Aluminum Limited group of companies. This watch was to mark 25 years of continuous service within the Aluminum group. The watch was intended to “have real value, originality and at the same time, serve as a reminder of the great aluminum industry”.

Numerous experiments were carried out to find a suitable alloy that could be machined to tolerances of 1/100mm, which are required in the manufacture of watches. Upon producing a prototype, the case, dial hands, bridges and plates of which were made of aluminum, and the balance, springs, wheels and pivots of traditional materials, Vacheron & Constantin submitted the watch for testing. These tests showed that the new watch was comparable to other watches in its category which utilized traditional materials throughout the movement, in so far as precision was concerned. In 1938 Vacheron & Constantin delivered the first of its aluminum watches. The watch weighed a total of 19.61 grams (0.69oz) – somehow appropriate for a quarter-century watch – it weighed approximately a quarter as much as a similar sized gold watch. By April of 1950 Vacheron & Constantin had delivered only 271 examples of these watches.

Further examples were completed unadorned or as presentation pieces at least until 1955.

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