Vacheron Constantin have launched their pre-SIHH 2017 teasers not with some simple models, but with a Traditionnelle Minute Repeater Tourbillon which we will cover later, but also a new addition to the much loved Patrimony Retrograde line. It is the… Read More ›
It’s an interesting thing about watches that modern luxury sports watches by and large, with some notable exceptions, have a tendency towards erring on the thicker side whereas dress watches tend to err on the thinner, complications notwithstanding. Last year… Read More ›
You may recollect an earlier post about one of Vacheron’s most well-known contemporary pieces, the 37 time zone Traditionelle World Time, in pink gold. A couple of months ago they brought out another 18K 5N pink gold version but this… Read More ›
For all the focus on the brand new Harmony Collection and then the Cornes de Vache 1955 from Vacheron Constantin this anniversary year, there have been some models that seem to have garnered less public attention, so it’s time to… Read More ›
One of my favourite releases of 2015 has been from Vacheron Constantin – the Historiques Cornes de vache 1955 chronograph. Given that I saw it during the same few days (in Hong Kong) as I did the A.Lange & Söhne… Read More ›
With the CEOs and Managing Directors of participating brands in attendance, Fabienne Lupo, President of the Fondation de la Haute horlogerie and the Chairman of the Hong Kong Tourism Board Dr Peter Lam welcomed guests at the opening ceremony of… Read More ›
Eight years, three master watchmakers, fifty-seven complications, 2826 parts, ten patents, ten ‘firsts’, 957grams, 98mm in size, one reference number (Ref. 57260). Oh, and one hashtag, of course. Venerable house of horology or not, Vacheron Constantin’s 260th birthday is in… Read More ›
As mentioned earlier this year, Vacheron Constantin introduced a completely new collection called ‘Harmony’ to celebrate their 260th anniversary in 2015. We have already covered the Harmony Tourbillon Chronograph, and today’s watch is the simple Chronograph, perhaps the one that… Read More ›
Well the gauntlet has well and truly has been thrown down by Vacheron Constantin, who have just teased us with an announcement of the most complicated timepiece, a pocket watch, ever to have been created. A bespoke commission through the… Read More ›
For those who are familiar with Geneva one of the horological points of interest, as it were, is the building that houses Vacheron Constantin on the Quai d l’Ile, its location also the name of one of their watch collections…. Read More ›
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