Best of The Hour Lounge: Calendar Watches Part II
1936 Unique piece made for Brocking of Spain, and one of Vacheron & Constantin’s first multi-complication wrist watches. Minute repeater with day of the week and, believed to be a first, date via retrograde hand. Ref 4240 Launched in 1942 and produced...
I really LIKE the 4 or 5 letters
for Day & Month. And of course, the 47112 for the awesome engraved Moon Phase. Great review and photos ++++
those models with the day and date aperture
are so iconic of V&C they continue to inspire modern homage versions like the FiftySix Complete Calendar
Another great article - thank you Dean
As always very good read and watch If I would have to choose I would go with the Ref 30020, 4241 for daily use and the 4293 as top watch - I find that you look at them and at first glance you think VC. I actually also like the 43031 but I would go with th...
Never a problem - so many wonderful watches, so little money to spend on watches :(
But seriously, currently I just hope that my JLC Odyseeus comes back and I can finally wear it. I started thinking about shifting my focus on calendar complications andgo down in the number of watches I have ( not that I have that many, and I always choos...
Another image of the ref. 6013
Hi Dean, I took this photo (apologies for the poor quality) of ref. 6013 from 1955 at the new Flagship Boutique in NYC this week. Caliber 17"VQ beating inside. She's a beauty! I should mention this example is part of Les Collectionneurs and is available f...
Excellent picture Robert
just not showing the price tag ;-) How was the experience of the new boutique?