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SJX, a prominent voice in the luxury watch community, initiated an engaging contest to celebrate Vulcain's 150th anniversary. This post not only offered readers a chance to win exclusive, CEO-signed Vulcain memorabilia but also served as a platform to highlight three distinct models from the brand's 2008 collection, inviting collectors to share their personal preferences and insights.
Contest closed.
A few weeks ago Vulcain, the famous maker of alarm watches (remember the buzzing Cricket watches?), celebrated its 150th anniversary with a dinner here in Singapore, organised together with its distributer Crystal Time. One of the door gifts was an excellent book on Vulcain's history, including how it ended up as part of Revue Thommen before becoming independent again. Crystal Time generously gave me additional copies to use as prizes on this forum.
The two copies offered as prizes have been signed by Bernard Fleury, Vulcain's CEO and the man responsible for its revival.
In addition, I also have two Vulcain card holders, each cardholder has the Vulcain logo in cast pewter relief on its cover.
The contest is simple, to enter all you have to do is a pick a Vulcain watch from the three models shown in the follow-up posts below and explain, in a single sentence, why you like it.
Entries are to be made as reply posts in this thread. I will pick TWO winners at random from the posts in this thread, so each winner gets one copy of a signed book AND one cardholder!
All three models are part of the 2008 collection launched at Baselworld, I singled them out because I like them personally, especially the Anniversary Heart in rose gold with grey dial. The Diver X-treme has an x-tremely loud alarm, enough to make you uncomfortable; a lady sitting beside me at the Vulcain dinner remarked it was loud enough to wake the dead. I also like the Dragon cloisonne, but its drawback is that it is pricey, as all cloisonne dial watches are.
Closing date for entries is in a week, 12 October 2008. Contest closed.
- SJX
This message has been edited by SJX on 2008-10-12 01:52:13 This message has been edited by SJX on 2008-10-12 02:08:44Vulcain Anniversary Heart 150th anniversary limited edition In tribute to the 150th anniversary of its rich and fascinating history, the Vulcain Anniversary Heart model reveals the full measure of Haute Horlogerie expertise accumulated over the decades by the Manufacture in Le Locle. It also provides a glimpse of the legendary movement inextricably bound up with Vulcain’s reputation: a new interpretation of the Cricket alarm calibre. What finer homage could one render to the history of Vulcain a
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applaud the water resistance to 50M. Vulcain is a very well made watch and the alarm is simply the best wake up alarm I have ever had on any watch, it actually has awakened people in the room next to me. In any case, nice work on the new pieces and very nice report and pictures. Thanks for sharing. Best, Tim
My favourite Vulcain watch by far - simple yet elegant, understated yet loud.
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