Vacheron Constantin
The house of
Vacheron Constantin delights women by launching its
new La Symbolique des Laques Edition 2011 Kame Kaeru Koi watch.
A stunning addition to the brand’s
Metiers d’Art collection, the new Vacheron Constantin watch captures attention with its black lacquered dial, embellished with a
fish-and-plant motif. It utilizes Maki-e - the most sophisticated Japanese technique of lacquering, mastered by only a few craftsmen.
An opening in the center of the display permits the glance into fascinating workings of the
hand-wound mechanical movement, graced with a haute horlogerie finishing. Among its elements there are two hands, indicating hours and minutes. The caliber operates at a frequency of 18.000 vibrations per hour and supplies a
31-hour power reserve.
The movement is housed in a
40mm white gold case. Its thickness is
7.5 mm. The
water-resistance of the
new Vacheron Constantin La Symbolique des Laques Edition 2011 Kame Kaeru Koi watch is assured down to
30 meters.
A black leather strap with a pin buckle rounds off the captivating design of the new Vacheron Constantin lady’s watch. Its issue is restricted to just
20 pieces.
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Vacheron Constantin is happy to deliver its
new one-of-a-kind Dove watch. Specially manufactured for Only Watch 2011, it carries on the
Metiers d’Art tradition, which successfully unites applied arts and creative horology.
The inspiration behind the new Vacheron Constantin watch is a drawing by a Dutch graphic artist
Maurits Cornelis Escher. The novelty is set in a
40mm case in
18-carat white gold.
The model comes equipped with a white gold dial. It is skillfully engraved and graced by champleve enameling. The face of the
new Vacheron Constantin Dove watch sports red birds, performed in translucide enameling. The white birds are done in opalescent enameling, while the gold birds are guilloched by hand.
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Vacheron Constantin presents its
new Patrimony Traditionnelle 14-day Tourbillon watch, created in full compliance with the norms of
Poincon de Geneve (Geneva Seal). As the name of the novelty suggests, it is equipped with a tourbillon.
The tourbillon is connected to a
manufactory-made hand-wound 2260 caliber movement. Richly decorated, it comprises 231 individual parts, including 31 jewels. The heart of the new Vacheron Constantin watch measures
29.10mm in diameter and is
6.8mm thick.
The caliber beats to the rhythm of 18,800 vibrations per hour. It incorporates 4 barrels, mounted in coupled pairs. They ensure an impressive
14-day (336 hours) power reserve.
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Remarkable Dial The process of depicting the voyage of the greatest explorers of all time on the watches' dials required from the Manufacture Vacheron Constantin all the technical and aesthetic expertise accumulated during the company's astounding 250-year history.The 'grand feu' polychrome enameled dial has two parts - one part partly overlaps the other.
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The new Vacheron Constantin Atelier Cabinotiers collection gets a new member - Vladimir watch. Its name stems from the ancient term Volodimir, which means “peace to all”.
Appealing and function-packed, the new Vacheron Constantin unique watch is proposed with a 47mm case, rendered in 18K 5N pink gold. Its top is shielded by a convex glare-proofed sapphire crystal. The side of the timepiece is hand-engraved with 12 Chinese zodiac signs in bas-relief. The back part of the model is engraved with “Les Cabinotiers” identification and “AC” Hallmark.
Enclosed in the case is an 18K white gold dial, guilloched by hand. It is completed with a minute-track painted in white and 8 applied hour-markers in 18K pink gold.
The display of the new Vacheron Constantin Atelier Cabinotiers Vladimir watch provides an impressive array of functions.
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Vacheron Constantin has recently released its
new Atelier Cabinotiers Philosophia one-of-a-kind watch. Delivered to its lucky owner in a custom-made presentation box, it boasts an appealing design and exclusive mechanism.
The new Vacheron Constantin watch is available with
43mm case, rendered in
18K 5N pink gold. It is armed with a top convex sapphire crystal, glare-proofed on one side.
The back part of the watch features a power reserve indicator. It reveals a small plaque, marked with the intertwined constellations of
Ursa Major and Ursa Minor. Here also sits an inscription “Les Cabinotiers” and the Atelier Cabinotiers coat of arms, which testify to the exceptional origin of the model.
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Vacheron Constantin unveils its
new Patrimony Traditionnelle World Time watch. The timepiece is animated by the
new Calibre 2460WT crowned by the prestigious Hallmark of Geneva.
The new mechanical self-winding movement, elaborated and manufactured by the Manufacture, allows the watch to indicate the 37 time-zones of the world, among which there are the time-zones offset from Universal Coordinated Time (UCT) by a half - or quarter-hour. The exclusive mechanism was patented by the brand.
The Vacheron Constantin specialists wanted to develop a mechanical movement that would allow the timepiece feature the time not only in the full time zones, but also the partial ones, keeping the watch’s owner aware of the
exact temporal reality in the 37 time zones. It should be mentioned that there are countries that adopted a half-hour or quarter-hour difference from UTC.
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The house of
Vacheron Constantin dazzles the discerning audience with the presentation of its
new Kalla Haute Couture a Pampilles watch, which exudes devastatingly sensual feel.
The new Vacheron Constantin watch comes packaged in an
18K white gold case, distinguished by an asymmetrical profile. Its measurements are
40mm x 56 mm. The case is breathtakingly inset with
58 flame-cut diamonds, totaling to approximately 16.20 carats and
54 brilliant-cut diamonds with an overall weight of 0.18 carats.
In the architecture of the case, the 18K white gold relegates to the background, enabling the user to focus attention on the gorgeous stones. The case is complimented by an 18K white gold dial.
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The Swiss watch manufacture Vacheron Constantin is about to release its new horological masterpiece - the Quai de l’Ile Retrograde Annual Calendar watch.
Launched in 2008, the original Quai de I’Ile timepiece was enthusiastically received by the discerning audience. Then, the public could enjoy the Day-Date Self Winding and Day-Date with Power Reserve versions of this model. Now, the line is joined by a stunning timepiece equipped with a Retrograde Annual Calendar complication.
The aforementioned retrograde date indicator is found on an extremely legible dial, which can be dressed in different colors. The calendar, which requires correction once a year, is located on a segment, extending from 2 to 5 o’clock.
The display of the new Vacheron Constantin watch is visually balanced by a moon-phase indicator, which needs to be manually corrected just once per 122 years.
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The movement, operating at a frequency of 28,800 vibrations per hour, provides a 65-hour power reserve.The Vacheron Constantin Historiques American 1921 watch is secured to the wrist on a dark-brown hand-stitched alligator leather strap with square scales and fitted with an 18K pink gold buckle shaped as a half Maltese cross.
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Vacheron Constantin is glad to adorn a lady’s wrist with its
new Overseas Small Model Date Self-Winding watch.
A perfect union of refined watchmaking and exclusive jewellery art, the new Vacheron Constantin watch is offered in a
36mm case. It is crafted from
18K 5N pink gold.
The case architecture incorporates a bezel, paved with
88 brilliant-cut diamonds. The overall weight of the jewels constitutes
0.36 carats.
At the heart of the
new Vacheron Constantin Overseas Small Model Date Self-Winding watch is beating a
26.60mm automatic mechanical calibre 1226 movement. It comprises 143 individual parts. Embellished with 36 jewels, the movement runs at the rate of 28,800 vibrations per hour and supplies a
40-hour power reserve.
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Vacheron Constantin has brought forth its
new Overseas Chronograph Perpetual Calendar watch, which successfully unites two major complications.
The new Vacheron Constantin watch is available in a
42mm steel case. It carries the line’s signature bezel, encouraged by the Maltese Cross. It is crafted from
titanium. So are the guards of the push-pieces.
The case incorporates a soft iron cage, which serves to protect a
self-winding mechanical calibre 1136 QP movement from magnetic fields. Composed of 228 parts, it operates at a frequency of 21,600 vibrations per hour and offers a
40-hour power reserve.
The mechanism brings to life an array of useful functions, presented on a sun-burst satin-brushed slate grey dial. It is fitted with applied white gold hour-markers, inlaid with a white luminescent compound.
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Once again, Vacheron Constantin has received the prestigious 'Best Men's Classic Watch' Award at the Middle East Watch of the Year Awards held in Dubai. The highly coveted award was given to the company for its Patrimony Contemporaine Retrograde Day and Date, the timepiece already voted Watch of the Year in Geneva, Switzerland.
The marvelous Vacheron Constantin watch has incorporated a double complication movement that belongs to the new generation of self-winding movements manufactured completely independently in the brand's workshops. Bearing the prestigious Hallmark of Geneva, the calibre 2460R31R7 housed in 18K pink gold case provides hour and minute, retrograde date and day functions.
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The
Vacheron Constantin famous Malte line welcomes a new timepiece – the
Malte Moon Phase and Power-Reserve watch. The watch stands out due to its sophisticated new dial demonstrating five different finishes.
The signature tonneau-shaped case of the Vacheron Constantin watch is crafted in 18K white gold or 5N pink gold. The case is of generous dimensions,39x49mm in diameter, and features original fan-shaped lugs. The case-back is satin-brushed and screw-secured. The glareproofed cambered sapphire crystal protects a harmonious dial in silvered gold.
The dial is characterized by perfect readability. The hours and minutes are indicated by facetted dagger-like hands. The dial is completed by nine hour-markers, two Roman numerals and a Maltese cross, all in 18K white or pink gold.
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On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of
“Friends of Paris Opera”, the horological company
Vacheron Constantin has released its one-of-a-kind watch - the
Metiers d’Art Chagall & l’Opera de Paris. A highlight of the collection “Tribute to Famous Composers”, this novelty demonstrates an enviable level of mastery, accomplished in miniature
“Grand Feu” enamel painting techniques.
In 1963,
Marc Chagall, a Russian-born artist, was invited to repaint the 220 square meter ceiling of the Paris Opera, also known as Palais Garnier. It took him a year to complete this challenging assignment. The intensive work resulted in a true masterpiece, which honored the greatest composers. The artist divided the ceiling into five sections, each exposing a dominant color - blue, green, white, yellow and red.
The peerless artisans within the watch manufacture invested over three and a half months of painstaking effort in reproducing Chagall’s entire artwork in miniature on an enamel dial with a diameter equal to 31 mm. They utilized the aforementioned traditional Genevan technique known as
”Grand Feu”, characterized by miniature painting on enamel.
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In 2010,
Vacheron Constantin is proud to unveil a new complicated timepiece to join its
Collection Excellence Platine - the
Patrimony Traditionnelle “Calibre 2253” watch.
The
new Calibre 2253 was created by the brand’s engineering department. The development of the movement required more than several thousands of hours. It provides such
sophisticated functions as a perpetual calendar, the equation of time and the times of sunrise and sunset. Moreover, it incorporates a tourbillon escapement.
Although boasting the amazing mechanical complexity, the Calibre 2253 provides a
remarkable power reserve – about 336 hours (equal to 14 days). It became possible due to two pairs of coupled barrels. The power reserve is visible via a sapphire-crystal case-back.
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As for the area of complicated wristwatches, Vacheron Constantin, having celebrated its 250-th anniversary in 2005, commemorated the occasion by unveiling of the "Tour de l'Ile" watch. The unique creation represents the world's most complicated double-face watch.
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Vacheron Constantin has created its
Patrimony Contemporaine Retrograde Day and Date watch in the purest metal -
platinum. The timepiece is limited to just 100 pieces. In 2007, the pink gold version of the watch was voted 'Watch of the Year'.
The Patrimony Contemporaine Retrograde Day and Date features a considerably-sized platinum case, measuring 42.5 mm in diameter. The
sand-blasted platinum dial of the watch bears the exclusive PT950 hallmark. The timepiece is secured to the wrist on a
blue alligator strap hand-stitched with the brand's exclusive woven platinum and silk thread. The elegant strap is equipped with a platinum folding clasp.
In addition to the hour and minute display, the Vacheron Constantin watch provides two really useful complications:
day and date. The functions are displayed via
two original retrograde indicators on the dial, reflecting the interior sophistication of the mechanical movement.
The convex sapphire crystal case back allows one to admire the finishing and decoration of the
Vacheron Constantin in-house 2460R31R7 movement, stamped with the Hallmark of Geneva. The automatic movement boasts the meticulous chamfering work of the Cotes-de-Geneve decorated bridges and circular graining of the plate. The mechanism incorporates a 22K yellow gold guilloche rotor powered by an innovative system of ceramic ball-bearings.
The Patrimony Contemporaine Retrograde Day and Date watch in platinum is created to win the hearts of collectors who admire excellence in every detail and for watch enthusiasts appreciating timepieces that are contemporary and technical at the same time.
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Vacheron Constantin presents its
new Patrimony Contemporaine Collection Excellence Platine watch that smoothly combines balance, excellence and unpretentious refinement.
The new Vacheron Constantin watch employs a
42mm case, crafted from
platinum 950. Its top is assembled with a high-grade sapphire crystal. The back side of the case is transparent. The
water-resistance of the model is assured down to
3 bars.
The case is complimented by a
sand-blasted platinum 950 dial. It sports a “PT 950” inscription between 4 and 5 o’clock. The dial also demonstrates a convex external zone with a circular grained minute-track.
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In 2009,
Vacheron Constantin unveiled its new Overseas watches crafted in stainless steel and titanium. This year, the Overseas collection welcomes a new interpretation of the Overseas Dual Time presented in this successful combination of materials.
The
new Vacheron Constantin Overseas Dual Time Steel and Titanium watch provides a range of useful functions - two time zones, a day/night indicator, a power reserve indicator, and a date function.
The
stainless steel and titanium case of the watch measures 42mm in diameter. The case construction, impressing by its strength and lightness, provides reliable protection against magnetic fields and is 150-meter water-resistant. It demonstrates finely-grained brushed finishing and polished bevels. The zest of the case is the signature Maltese Cross bezel sculptured in titanium.
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