Cover The new range of sunburst green dial Overseas watches include a Dual Time model in a 41 mm pink gold case and a Self-Winding model featuring 90 diamonds set on the 35 mm pink gold case
The new range of sunburst green dial Overseas watches include a Dual Time model in a 41 mm pink gold case and a Self-Winding model featuring 90 diamonds set on the 35 mm pink gold case
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The latest Patrimony, Overseas, and Traditionnelle watches by Vacheron Constantin call to mind 269 years of enduring excellence and high-watchmaking savoir-faire
Vacheron Constantin’s Patrimony, Overseas, and Traditionnelle collections showcase the pinnacle of Swiss watchmaking, each embodying a unique blend of heritage, innovation, and elegance. The Patrimony collection pays homage to the brand’s rich history with its classic, refined designs, often featuring intricate complications that showcase haute horlogerie at its finest. In contrast, the Overseas collection embraces a more contemporary spirit, merging technical prowess with a sporty aesthetic, making it ideal for modern adventurers.
Meanwhile, the Traditionnelle collection stands as a testament to Vacheron Constantin’s commitment to craftsmanship, highlighting traditional techniques and sophisticated designs that celebrate the art of watchmaking. Together, these collections not only reflect the brand’s storied legacy but also its unwavering dedication to excellence in the world of luxury timepieces.
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Above Vacheron Constantin Patrimony Moon Phase Retrograde Date
Vacheron Constantin Patrimony Moon Phase Retrograde Date
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Patrimony Manual-Winding
While connoisseurs might wax lyrical about highly desired collections such as the Historiques 222 and Overseas, there’s no denying that Vacheron Constantin has also successfully promoted its Patrimony watches, with retrograde and even double-retrograde functions, to the foreground of watch collectors’ cognisance around the globe.
To fete the Patrimony line’s 20th anniversary this year, the manufacture unveiled a trio of novelties in April 2024. They’ve turned heads with their new sunburst antique silver-toned dials, and are themed on the sleek Vacheron Constantin dress watches of the 1950s.
Previously 40 mm in case diameter, the new Patrimony Manual-Winding has been trimmed to 39 mm and is available in an 18-karat pink gold or white gold case, with the option of an azure blue or olive-green strap. Both versions are driven by the 2.6 mm-thin in-house Calibre 1440 that has a 42-hour power reserve.
The Patrimony Manual-Winding is inspired by historic milestones like 1955’s Calibre 1003, which was released in celebration of Vacheron Constantin’s 200th birthday and, at 1.6 mm thickness, was one of the thinnest movements in the world at that time. The new Patrimony Manual-Winding’s round case, thin bezel and slender hands also evoke 1957’s iconic Reference 6179.
With a loupe, one can admire the 48 polished 18-karat gold pearls that make up each watch’s circular “pearl” minutes track. Customers also get to personalise the caseback of their Patrimony Manual-Winding with an engraving of their choice.
Patrimony Moon Phase Retrograde Date
Over the years, the maison has incorporated the Patrimony with complications such as a retrograde day-date (2006), a perpetual calendar ultra-thin (2011), an
ultra-thin minute repeater (2013), and a moon phase retrograde date (2017) without compromising the discreet sophistication of this esteemed collection.
The latest complication that debuted together with the pink gold and white gold Patrimony Manual-Winding models is the 42.5 mm white gold Patrimony Moon Phase Retrograde Date. It sports two semicircle indicators within a round case, which is a highly sought-after modern-day calling card of Vacheron Constantin.
Pink gold baton hands and dauphine hour markers indicate the time atop a sunburst silver-toned dial. The in-house self-winding Calibre 2460 R31L drives a highly precise moon phase that only necessitates one correction every 122 years, along with its retrograde date that springs back to ‘1’ at the start of each month. A feat of mechanical engineering and a joy
to admire.
A sapphire caseback lends keen insight into the inner workings of the hand-finished Calibre 2460 R31L and lets you enjoy the 18-karat gold oscillating weight up close, which has been engraved with the maison’s Maltese cross. The Patrimony Moon Phase Retrograde Date. is secured to the wrist by an olive-green alligator leather strap.
“The quest for slenderness has been a key field of expression for Vacheron Constantin for several generations,” says Christian Selmoni, the style and heritage director of Vacheron Constantin. “Like all the watches in the Patrimony collection, these examples are part of the same approach that involved achieving extreme understatement rooting the watch firmly in a spirit of timeless modernity.”
Above The new range of sunburst green dial Overseas watches include a Dual Time model in a 41 mm pink gold case and a Self-Winding model featuring 90 diamonds set on the 35 mm pink gold case
The new range of sunburst green dial Overseas watches include a Dual Time model in a 41 mm pink gold case and a Self-Winding model featuring 90 diamonds set on the 35 mm pink gold case
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Overseas in sunburst intense green
The Overseas has worked its way up to become one of the most in-demand luxury sports watches of this era. Among Vacheron Constantin’s spring 2024 novelties are a 35 mm gem-set version, a 41 mm date version, a 41 mm dual time version, and a 42.5 mm chronograph.
Contrasted by the glimmer of handsomely constructed pink gold bracelets and cases, these engrossing green dials have been sunburst satin-finished at the centre and velvet-finished at the flange. Green is a new dial colour for the vaunted Overseas range, which previously debuted variants with black, blue, pinkish beige, and silver dials. Wearers can also unclip their bracelets and swap them for green calfskin or green rubber straps.
The marque of Vacheron Constantin is inscribed on the casebacks of these watches—flip your Overseas timepiece over to admire the brand’s iconic compass rose that has been engraved onto its 22-karat pink gold oscillating weight.
Above The Vacheron Constantin Traditionnelle Tourbillon Chronograph Collection Excellence Platine and Patrimony Moon Phase Retrograde Date
The Vacheron Constantin Traditionnelle Tourbillon Chronograph Collection Excellence Platine and Patrimony Moon Phase Retrograde Date
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Traditionnelle Tourbillon Chronograph collection excellence platine
First released in 18-karat 5N pink gold in 2020, the Vacheron Constantin Traditionnelle Tourbillon Chronograph has been reimagined in platinum with only 50 pieces. Besides brandishing a hand-polished 950 platinum case and buckle, its crown, dial and strap stitching too are fashioned from 950 platinum. These are complemented by 18-karat white gold pointers and indices.
An enlarged Vacheron Constantin-style tourbillon adorns its 12 o’clock position, although the manufacture typically situates its tourbillons at the 6 o’clock position. At the 3 o’clock position, a 45-minute monopusher chronograph has two hammers for resetting. It’s a column wheel-type chronograph, which means it is less likely to stutter when you activate it, and the column wheel has been decorated with the Maltese cross, just like its tourbillon carriage.
A 65-hour power-reserve indicator at 6 o’clock completes this triumvirate, which is encircled by a tachymeter. This timepiece also had its tourbillon’s drive system relocated to the periphery so that its mainplate could be openworked. This openworking and its see-through caseback reveal that Vacheron Constantin has used the many surfaces of the Calibre 3200 to showcase its mastery of various hand-finishing techniques.
The in-house Calibre 3200 that drives these complications was developed based on Vacheron Constantin timepieces of the 1930s and 1940s, and unveiled in 2015 to celebrate the 260th anniversary of Vacheron Constantin.
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