foverstaOne of my biggest pleasures is to walk around and on the rue de la Paix, Place Vendôme during the week-end. And when you receive an invitation from Vacheron to attend an event on Saturday to discover several novelties, you know that the day will be even more exciting than usual! It is the reason why I came to the boutique at the beginning of the afternoon with a quick step... and I discovered an unusual car parked in front of the entrance door... This car was belonging to David, the shoe and leather cleaner! .....">Story

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Tick TalkTomorrow would have been the most appropriate date to share this story, but a certain major watch show will deservedly take the limelight then so I'm hoping to assuage your anticipation with a small distraction about a Vacheron & Constantin watch. Officially this Chronometre Royal deck watch came to life in 1940 and was sold that same year, according to VC archives, to the Royal Navy as a movement only, without case. In fact it had a case, just not the usual silver one but a rudimentary brass holder with ... ...">Story

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foverstaFor a collector, a watch is a topic which is too important to be seen as a mere fashion accessory. But it is also the final touch which can perfectly complement an outfit or, in case of bad choices, which may impair the most sophisticated dress code. The links between watchmaking and the world of haute couture are obvious but rarely staged by brands. One of the latest manifestations of this proximity was conducted by Urwerk thanks to the interesting approach with Timothy Everest through the UR-110 "Eastwood" which gave the opportunity to use tweed fabric and wood...">Story

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mywrongwristHi all, In my quick watch trip to Geneva I had the opportunity to try also the two flagship models of the new Overseas collection Great, really great watches, particularly impressed by the Perpetual Calendar to die for, but, there is always on or more but: 1) it a shame VC decided to produce these two versions in WG only a steel version would have been a real killer (let's wait and see) 2) retail price out of this world, especially in this period, and I'm not referring to the WG models only, take for instance ... ...">Story

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foverstaIt is not a big surprise. A few months after the presentation of the Chronograph Historiques Cornes de Vache 1955 in platinum that I described in this article , Vacheron Constantin unveiled a pink gold version. I will not describe with details this watch since it has basically the same features than the platinum version: only the case, indexes and hands material or color change. But I take the opportunity of the ability I had to handle it a few days ago to display some pictures taken at the boutique of the .....">Story

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foverstaAs you know, the new Overseas collection was unveiled this year at the SIHH. This new collection was made of 2 basic watches: one three hands watch and one chronograph. I will not forget to mention that two ultra-thin watches in gold were the "precious" addition to this collection with a two hands piece and a Perpetual Calendar. But in my mind, something was missing: a true travel watch...">Story

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foverstaThe Quai de l'Ile collection symbolizes for me the experiment conducted by Vacheron Constantin since its launch to provide an extremely large customization to the watches through multiple available settings and options. By using a configurator, the customer can choose the materials of the case (including the bezel and the flanks), the complications, the types of dial and thus define the watch that best matches his tastes. This approach, however interesting, is facing the problem of the industrial organization ... ...">Story

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foverstaThe year 2015 was eventful for Vacheron Constantin with the presentation of the new collection Harmony which led to the introduction of several handwind or automatic in-house chronograph calibers. However, the new calibers 3200, 3300 and 3500 haven\'t caused the movement 1141 (based on the Lemania 2310) to be discarded. It is enhanced by the manufacture and belongs to the category of the most beautiful handwind chronograph movements of the high horology segment. The Harmony collection however brought an additional .....">Story

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foverstaThe opening of the new Rabat boutique in Barcelona (see my report in HOME forum: www.watchprosite.com was deserving a commemorative piece. And it was not a big surprise for me to learn that Vacheron Constantin would release one. Why? Simply because Barcelona is the birthplace of Juan-Carlos Torres and he couldn't miss such opportunity to make a kind of tribute to his city. The limited edition is made of 1 platinum, 5 white gold and 20 pink gold watches...">Story

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Mark in ParisGentlemen, I had the rare opportunity to handle the rare Vacheron Constantin "Patrimony Ultra-thin 1731" , before summer (thus before the Watches & Wonders new announcements) and thought it deserved to have an article. I've been caught up by the Watches & Wonders event and the release of new versions of this watch. Indeed, the rose gold I'm talking about in this thread was the only version available until lately. BACKGROUND The "1731" name has been chosen in tribute to the birth date of Jean-Marc .....">Story

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