WHLA photo: Do you notice anything different about the case back of this Patrimony Contemporaine, reference 81180, below when compared with the one above (from 2006), other than the gold/platinum hallmarks? Look a little closer: The Hallmark of Geneva is now engraved on the case Vacheron Constantin is very proud of its Genevan heritage, being founded in Geneva in 1755 and remaining there to this day. When becoming a true movement manufacture with the introduction of the calibre 1400 over a decade ago, it has ... ...">Story

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KIHJust happened to witness and handle these magnificent pieces from VC. Just 'wow"..... METIERS D'ART: LA S Y MBOLIQUE DES LAQUES This is the set of three Urushi-Lacquer or Japan or Maki-e dial and back. Those three has meaning - not trilogy or Trinity but three typical Japanese things to enjoy with eyes in different seasons...">Story

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foverstaThe opening of the Vacheron boutique in Paris has a lot of very positive impacts: a new prestigious brand which finds its house rue de la Paix, a very nice and refined point of sale, a great inauguration party and... a wide range of watches dedicated to the boutique! So we are very lucky here in Paris to be able to see them and to handle them. I propose you to browse this selection of pictures I took today. Actually, I wished to come back to the boutique a few days after the inauguration party to see in better .....">Story

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WHLVacheron Constantin has the practice of announcing and releasing new watches separate from SIHH, which takes place every January. A highlight of their 2012 novelties was the Patrimony Traditionnelle Self-Winding, reference 43075/000R-9737, which was introduced in October, 2012. The Patrimony Traditionnelle collection consists of a broad range of watches, from high complications like the Calibre 2755 ( with Perpetual Calendar, Minute Repeater, Tourbillon) to the mid-complications (World Time and Chronograph), ... ...">Story

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WHLVacheron Constantin took a bold step with the launch of the Quai de l’Ile collection of watches in 2008. With a modular case that could be customized by the customer to contain combinations of palladium, rose gold, and titanium and a sapphire crystal dial that gave the watch a futuristic look, it broke dramatically from the more conservative stylings of the Patrimony collection of watches. There were two models: The Quai de l’Ile Date: and the Quai de l’Ile Day-Date and Power Reserve: The cushion shape of ... ...">Story

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WHLThere must be something about a cushion cased watch partnered with a round dial that resonates with me. I find the combination attractive, and it almost doesn’t seem to matter what brand makes the watch. I admire the classic Panerai look, whether in the Luminor or the Radiomir case, almost regardless of the dial design or complications on the watch. How Panerai can spin so many variations on that basic theme and still keep people interested is fascinating: heaven knows that I like this years novelties just .....">Story

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WHLThe Tonneau Form and Vacheron Constantin Soon after the birth of the wristwatch, a product designed to meet the demand from fashionable women for jewelry that also told time, just over one hundred years ago, there was a desire to break away from the tradition of roundness that early wristwatches had inherited from pocket watches. This signified that the wristwatch was not a derivative and a lesser type of watch from the pocketwatch, but rather that it was an object of interest on its own merits. The tonneau, ... ...">Story

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WHLWe’ve all probably seen the press releases about the novelties from Vacheron Constantin by now. The focus has been on the update to the Malte collection, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the tonneau form in Vacheron Constantin’s history, with the introduction of four new models in the third generation of the Malte design since 2000. That year, Vacheron Constantin introduced its first in-house movement with the caliber 1790. This movement featured a tourbillon as well as pointer date and power reserve...">Story

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foverstaI have to be honest with you: I was very afraid by this Patrimony Contemporaine Excellence Platine when I read the Press release. 42mm!!! For a watch with a thin bzel, without a second hand... I found the Vacheron decision to propose a version with an enlarged case of this Patrimony Contemporaine quite surprising. I was expecting to see a watch with the famous "fried egg" syndrome, you know, when a watch has a large diameter and a thin height.....">Story

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