Vacheron Constantin

2025 is the traditional Chinese zodiac year of the snake, VC produced a limited edition watch, showing the beauty of the design and the strength of the technology. As a entusiast about vintage V&C , I hope to find relevant materials in history and share t...  

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In the "Tubogas" manufacturing technique, two strips of gold are first wrapped around a core. The edges of the strips interlock, resulting in a design almost completely free from soldering. The core is then removed, leaving the resulting product incredibl...  

I wanted to find a visual pattern of snakes on the dial or case on vintage watch or pocket watch, that was too difficult. Only searching for "Egyptian Revival snake" still turned up nothing

and I enjoyed finding about the Tubogas models.

ref.43050 Mercator , credit : Christie's Reference 9810C/000R-B369 ...  

other than "Le charmeur de serpents". The piece you posted was a private label creation by Verger Freres for the American jewellers Charlton using a movement from V&C. According to the photo archives in The World of Vacheron Constantin, the "Bras-en-l...  

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that V&C developed "their" bras en l'air mechanism in 1929 but the concept has been around since verge & fusee times.

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