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Traditionnelle Day-Date and Power Reserve Excellence Platine by Vacheron Constantin
Along with the Traditionnelle World Time Collection Excellence Platine, Vacheron Constantin will officially unveil the new Traditionnelle Day-Date and Power Reserve Collection Excellence Platine timepiece at the Hong Kong “Watches & Wonders” show on September 30th, 2014. The Traditionnelle Day-Date and Power Reserve model is presented in a 950 platinum case measuring 39.5 x 10.65…
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Vacheron Constantin Métiers d’Art Arca
At SIHH 2015 this week, Vacheron Constantin revealed the first Métiers d’Art Arca table clock from the 12 piece series they will produce and progressively unveil throughout the year. Each piece will be unique. Four will utilize rock crystals, and the other eight will use translucent crystals, which are all sought out and meticulously hand…
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Zenith Pilot Doublematic Worldtimer Alarm
Unveiled at Baselworld, the Zenith Doublematic Pilot is an all new El Primero equipped timepiece. It not only boasts a chronograph (like the majority of El Primeo timepieces), it also has a 24 city worldtimer and a mechanical alarm. The Doublematic Pilot caliber 4046 is an El Primero in-house movement with world time and alarm…
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Harmony Ultra-Thin Grande Complication Chronograph
Last week at the Salon international de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH), Vacheron Constantin launched the all-new Harmony collection, featuring cushion shape cases inspired by one of the brand’s first wristwatch chronograph from 1928. The collection, produced as an homage to the brand’s 260th anniversary, consists of seven limited edition models. Today, we will cover the…
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Hands-On with the Zenith El Primero Lightweight Striking 10th Chronograph
Zenith El Primero Lightweight Striking 10th Chrono We told you about the new limited edition Zenith El Primero Lightweight Striking 10th Chronograph last month. Yesterday, we had our first opportunity to see it in the flesh. What you notice right away when you pick it up is how light it is. From the titanium components…
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The Most Complicated Pocket Watch Ever Made
Vacheron Constantin has a long tradition of producing tailor-made complicated pocket watches for discerning collectors over its existence, leading up the reference 57260, which as you may already know, is currently the most complicated pocket watch ever made. Prior to the creation of Ref. 57260, for an unnamed client in 2015, there were four notable…
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Maître Cabinotier Retrograde Armillary Tourbillon
Not long after the introduction of the Ref. 57260, the most complicated watch made to date, Vacheron Constantin has unveiled yet another ultra-complicated one-off timepiece: the Maître Cabinotier Retrograde Armillary Tourbillon. Borrowing the armillary tourbillon and the double retrograde functions from the aforementioned 57260 superwatch, this contemporary timepiece has a “high-precision” manually wound movement, housed…
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Hands-On with the Zenith El Primero 36’000 VPH in Steel
This is a brief Hands-On look at Zenith El Primero 36’000 VPH in stainless steel. The 42 mm by 12.75 mm stainless steel case features alternating polished and brushed surfaces. On the wrist, it feels great and looks smaller than the dimensions suggest. This particular model is powered by a 400 B caliber El Primero…
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REVIEW: Zenith El Primero Chronographs – 42 mm vs. 38 mm
Fullscreen The first automatic chronograph As you may have already read, the longstanding claim that Nicolas Rieussec invented the chronograph has recently been disproven after facts came to light that actually show Louis Moinet’s invention 5 years earlier (1816) was truly the first chronograph. Needless to say, the history of the chronograph is not a…
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SIHH 2017: Patrimony Moon Phase Retrograde Date and Traditionelle Minute Repeater Tourbillon
Ahead of SIHH, which takes place January 2017, Vacheron Constantin has previewed two new timepieces: the Patrimony Moon Phase Retrograde Date and Traditionnelle Minute Repeater Tourbillon. The Patrimony Moon Phase Retrograde Date is presented in a case measuring 42.5 mm x 9.7 mm, with a silver opaline dial, in either white or pink gold. It…
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Hands-On with the Vacheron Constantin Overseas Dual Time
The 1970s was an important decade for watch designer Gérald Genta, he designed the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak (1972), then the Patek Philippe Nautilus (1976) and Ingenieur SL Ref. 1832 (1976). The Vacheron Constantin 222 came out in (1977) around the same period, and while a number of online sites initially reported that Genta designed…
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Vacheron Constantin at SIHH 2013
Last month at SIHH, Vacheron Constantin released new versions of several of their classic men’s lines, specifically the Patrimony Traditionelle Manual Wind in platinum with a new grey dial (pictured) and the Patrimony Traditionelle Chronograph in white gold with contrasting rose gold markers and hands. Vacheron Constantin also introduced an Overseas Chronograph with a new…