The latest from Roger Dubuis and Vacheron Constantin are veritable works of art
A watch is a functional tool, that's a given. Sometimes, though, it serves as an artistic canvas to showcase a particular skill, from engraving to marquetry. The results are often so breathtaking they are akin to mini works of art. And like art, they are to be admired over and over again; after all, they may surprise you with details you may have missed before.
Here are five new watches (four from Vacheron Constantin's metier d'art workshop alone) guaranteed to make the right kind of statement.
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Vacheron Constantin Métiers d’Art Tribute to Great Civilisations
In collaboration with the Louvre, Vacheron Constantin has created four watches that pay tribute to great civilisations of antiquity. They are the Persian Empire of Darius the Great, the Ancient Egypt, the Hellenistic Period of ancient Greece, and the Rise of Augustus, the first Roman Emperor.
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The master artisans at the oldest Swiss manufacture worked closely with the museum to produce as accurate a likeness as the artworks that represent each of the chosen era, a challenge made all the more complicated when the canvas is a 40mm dial. Each of these watches is a limited numbered series of five.
Grand Sphinx de Tanis
The head of the Sphinx is meticulously carved in gold on an enamel dial in black and blue. The decorative elements are inspired by the necklace depicted on the coffin of Nakht-khnosou-irou, complete with elements in champleve enamel and engraving by metallisation of hieroglyphic inscriptions from the cartouche of the sphinx of Tanis.
