Vacheron Constantin
Reference 43040/000P-19 Jump Hour 'Saltarello' | A platinum automatic jump hour wristwatch, Circa 1995
Auction Closed
December 8, 10:03 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 40,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Dial: silvered guilloché
Caliber: cal. 1120/2 automatic, 38 jewels
Movement number: 798'115
Case: platinum, snap on sapphire crystal display back
Case number: 662'252
Closure: platinum Vacheron Constantin buckle
Size: 36 mm diameter
Signed: case, dial, and movement
Box: yes
Papers: no
Accessories: Vacheron Constantin presentation box with outer packaging and hangtag
The Reference 43040 houses an ingenious mechanism with a rotating minutes pointer in a sunken channel, and hours that changed instantaneously in the aperture at 12 o'clock, 'jumping' at the stroke of the hour. Taking its inspiration from the Art Deco period, during which many prominent watch brands such as Cartier, Audemars Piguet, Breguet and Vacheron & Constantin produced watches with the jump hour complication, the 43040 is also nicknamed the 'Saltarello', an Italian dance and music genre originated in the 14th century, named for its characteristic hopping step derived from the Italian saltare, meaning 'to jump'.
In production for only four years, approximately 192 examples of the 43040 were crafted in gold and 131 examples in platinum. We are pleased to offer the present 43040/000P-19 in platinum in wonderfully preserved condition, accompanied by its original presentation box and hangtag.