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Traditionnelle perpetual calendar ultra-thin and Patrimony self-winding: Feminine timepieces

Traditionnelle perpetual calendar ultra-thin and Patrimony self-winding: Feminine timepieces

  • Vacheron Constantin has added new models to its Traditionnelle and Patrimony collections, aimed at women.
  • The Traditionnelle perpetual calendar ultra-thin watch, equipped with in-house Calibre 
    1120 QP,  is offered in two gemset 36.5 mm versions in white gold and pink gold respectively.
  • The Patrimony self-winding watch, powered by in-house Calibre 2450 Q6/3, is interpreted through four references in white and pink gold featuring gemsetting on the bezel or dial, and with new gradient-effect dials
  • These six new references are fitted with straps that are interchangeable at the touch of a push-button.

Geneva, 30 March 2022 – The attention that Vacheron Constantin has devoted to women’s timepieces for more than two centuries is freshly interpreted through the models presented at Watches and Wonders 2022. A response to women’s growing desire for complex mechanical timepieces, the Traditionnelle perpetual calendar ultra-thin watch displays its technical nature in an eminently feminine manner; while the Patrimony self-winding watch flaunts a minimalist silhouette exuding a timeless elegance symbolising a distinctive kind of watchmaking classicism.

Vacheron Constantin and women: a story woven through time

Women took a very early interest in watchmaking, often to adorn their garments with objects that were sometimes unusual yet generally designed as real jewellery. This was however not to the detriment of their practical aspects, as confirmed by the numerous striking or calendar watches made with women in mind. Women also played a role as early adopters of wristwatches.

Vacheron Constantin has left its mark on each era, from the first ladies’ pocket watches made at the turn of the 18th century through to elegant contemporary creations. Whether functional or ceremonial objects, jewellery or sports watches, Vacheron Constantin’s women’s creations have consistently reflected the evolution of artistic sensibilities as well as of fashion trends. They bear witness to perpetually renewed aesthetic and technical creativity aimed at women, within which attention to detail shapes an anatomy of watchmaking beauty that is unique to the Maison.

Vacheron Constantin’s archives make it possible to trace the origins of ladies’ watches commissioned very early in the history of the Manufacture, including a sculpted yellow gold watch with quarter repeater and off-centre small seconds dating from 1838. The ensuring decades witnessed a succession of creations – sometimes housing horological complications and often precious with their hunter-type cases – leading up the appearance of the first wristwatches, a feminine accessory of which the first example in the Vacheron Constantin collection dates from 1889.

With the advent of the 20th century, the Maison’s feminine creations admirably embodied the spirit of the times, initially inspired by Art Nouveau, then Art Deco, with a clear penchant for jewellery watches. Cooperating with Vacheron Constantin’s French agent Verger lasted until 1938 and also brought its share of new models dedicated to women – some of which featured cameos inspired by Asian art or Ancient Greece. From the 1940s onwards, women began wearing watches almost exclusively on the wrist. The geometrical lines of the Art Deco period gradually gave way to more voluptuous shapes. Designed as jewels that tell the time, ‘secret’ watches with covers concealing the display of time were particularly popular at the time, and Vacheron Constantin displayed impressive stylistic inventiveness through its designs vividly reflecting the modern era.

In the wake of the 1970s, Vacheron Constantin dared to experiment with new, uninhibited shapes for ladies’ watches, before adopting the sportier lines of the Overseas range dedicated to the contemporary woman. In addition, the Traditionnelle and Patrimony collections were designed to convey the technical sophistication and aesthetic refinement of time measurement for women. This approach was further accentuated by the recent launch of the Égérie watches: inspired by Haute Couture, they embody watchmaking expertise and a sensitivity to feminine codes that has been constantly reaffirmed over the centuries. Drawing on this heritage, Maison is now adding new models to its two Patrimony and Traditionnelle collections.

Traditionnelle perpetual calendar ultra-thin

The brand is unveiling a new feminine timepiece in its Traditionnelle collection, a line imbued with the grand Geneva watchmaking heritage and whose design was intended to adapt to all types of watches, whether simple or equipped with sophisticated complications. The Traditionnelle perpetual calendar ultra-thin watch corresponds to women’s desire for mechanical complication timepieces.

This timepiece equipped with in-house Calibre 1120 QP elegantly plays on the distinctive aspects of the Gregorian calendar. It displays the days, dates, months and years on a four-year cycle, including a leap-year indication, without any need for correction before 2100. This calendar display is complemented by a moon-phase indication at 6 o’clock. Another distinctive feature of this movement is its thinness: measuring only 4.05 mm thick, it is housed in a 8.43 mm-thick case with a 36.5 mm diameter, ensuring perfect visual harmony.

Calibre 1120 QP reflects the Maison’s expertise in ultra-thin movements that has enabled it to set several records in terms of slimness since the 1950s. With its 276 components perfectly visible through the sapphire caseback, it also reflects noble watchmaking traditions through its extremely meticulous finishing: a circular-grained plate on the dial side, mainplate and bridges adorned with a Côtes de Genève motif on the back, hand-bevelling, circular satin-finished holes and a going train with polished teeth. The oscillating weight featuring a 22K gold segment is also adorned with a Côtes de Genève motif and openworked in the shape of the Maison’s Maltese cross emblem.

This watch whose aesthetic refinement echoes its technical sophistication pays tribute to the identity codes of Vacheron Constantin, whereby the quest for excellence is expressed through the smallest, even invisible details. Available in 18K white gold and 18K 5N pink gold versions, it is inspired by Vacheron Constantin models from the first half of the last century. It features the strong sense of understatement characterising the collection, embellished with a few special features such as the stepped lugs and case, fluted caseback, as well as Dauphine-type hands flying over a railway minutes track punctuated by baton-type hour-markers. In keeping with the methodical spirit of the time, which held that function should dictate form, this perpetual calendar has been specially designed to make it easy to read the calendar indications thanks to a slimmed-down bezel offering a larger dial opening.

The dial is adorned with blue-grey tinted mother-of-pearl for the white gold model and white mother-of-pearl for the pink gold model. The moon-phase disc bears the same colours as the dial, while the depiction of the moon and the stars adopts the same shade of gold as the case, complete with an opaline finish. In a final touch of elegance, the bezel and top of the lugs are delicately set with 76 round-cut diamonds, while the crown is adorned with a round-cut diamond.

For the first time in the collection, this Traditionnelle perpetual calendar ultra-thin watch is equipped with an interchangeable strap that can be fitted at the touch of a push-button and without any need for tools. Each model comes with an alligator leather strap – grey blue or rosy beige – secured by a white or pink gold pin buckle set with 17 round-cut diamonds.

 

Patrimony self-winding

The Patrimony self-winding watch symbolises minimalist art expressed through horological refinement. Inspired by a historical 1957 Vacheron Constantin with a classic round, ultra-thin style and timeless elegance, the Patrimony collection has been distinguished since its launch in 2004 by a restrained and refined watchmaking aesthetic. In keeping with the line’s signature spirit of purity, the proportions of the new Patrimony models have been revisited. The curve of the 36.5 mm-diameter case in 18K white gold or 18K 5N pink gold has been redesigned, while the crown has been subtly rounded.

The slightly convex dial swept over by leaf-shaped hands following its curves features subtle shades of deep blue for the white gold version and blush pink for the pink gold version. These colours appear in a gradient-effect composition that is lighter in the centre and progressively darker towards the edge of the dial, thereby bringing light and depth to the display of the hours, minutes and seconds. The care lavished on each detail is reflected in the date disc at 6 o’clock, which has the same colour as the dial, and in the subtle play of gemsetting on the models. Each of the two versions features either a bezel set with 72 round-cut diamonds lighting up the circular-grained minutes track, or a minutes track itself composed of 48 round-cut diamonds positioned between the applied gold hour-markers. The gemsetting of the minutes track, a complex operation performed on an underlying domed surface, reflects an approach to watchmaking in which every detail is essential to the anatomy of Vacheron Constantin watches.

These four new references are powered by in-house 2450 Q6/3 movement driving displays of the hours and minutes along with central seconds and an aperture-type date. Beating at a rate of 28,800 vibrations per hour – an excellent compromise between precision and reliability – it is endowed with a 40-hour power reserve. This 196-component self-winding movement is barely 3.6 mm thick. Its finishing, like that of the case, complies with Hallmark of Geneva criteria such as a circular-grained mainplate, hand-bevelled bridges adorned with a Côtes de Genève motif, straight-grained finishing springs, a going train with polished sinks and burnished pinions. The transparent caseback also reveals an 22K gold openworked oscillating weight inspired by the Maltese cross.

These new Patrimony watches feature interchangeable straps in night blue or rosy beige alligator leather with an iridescent satin finish. They can be removed and replaced at the touch of a push-button, without any need for tools.

The Anatomy of Beauty®

These new Traditionnelle and Patrimony models perfectly illustrate the Maison’s 2022 “The Anatomy of Beauty®” theme, celebrating the attentiveness to detail. This extraordinarily painstaking care is expressed through the designers’ aesthetic choices and preferences as well as in the meticulous finishing work performed by the artisans. All the components of a Vacheron Constantin watch benefit from this scrupulous attention, even those that remain invisible once the movement has been assembled. A keen eye will note the fine guilloché work on a dial or the gem-set minutes track; it will make out the contours of the Maison’s Maltese cross emblem on the links of a bracelet; it will notice the small flame-blued screw serving as a seconds indicator on a tourbillon carriage and the mirror polish of a minute-repeater hammer; it will appreciate the artisans’ delicate touch when chamfering a plate or rounding off a bridge; and finally, it will admire the miniature enamel painting depicting a ship tossed around by a stormy sea streaked with lightning. At Vacheron Constantin, concern for detail delicately shapes an anatomy of beauty in which nothing is left to chance.

 

Sum-up

From the first pocket watches at the turn of the 18th century to contemporary wristwatches, Vacheron Constantin has always been able to capture the spirit of the times and meet women’s expectations.

Greatly appreciated by connoisseurs, the 4.05 mm in-house Calibre 1120 QP gives life to a new Traditionnelle perpetual calendar ultra-thin designed for women’s wrists. This 36.5 mm-diameter model reflects Vacheron Constantin’s grand tradition of horological complications, notably interpreted through ultra-thin versions. Its 18K white or 18K 5N pink gold case bears the identity codes of the Traditionnelle collection featuring meticulous handcrafted finishing. Its gem-set bezel and its dial graced with delicately shimmering mother-of-pearl have been meticulously designed to ensure optimum legibility of the calendar indications.

True to its restrained and timeless elegance inherited from the 1950s, the new Patrimony self-winding watch reveals a slimmer feminine anatomy graced with redesigned curves and a slightly domed dial with a deep, luminous gradient. This 36.5 mm-diameter model is available in white gold with a deep blue dial or in pink gold with a blush pink dial, complete with either a bezel set with 72 diamonds and a “pearl” minute track, or with a gold bezel and a minute track set with 48 diamonds. The apparent simplicity of the Patrimony self-winding watch stems from meticulous attention to detail, as evidenced by the finishing of its self-winding in-house Calibre 2450 Q6/3 driving displays of the hours, minutes, seconds and date.

These new models in the Traditionnelle and Patrimony collections feature interchangeable straps that can be released at the touch of a single button and without the need for tools.

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TECHNICAL DATA
Traditionnelle perpetual calendar ultra-thin

References
4305T/000G-B948
4305T/000R-B947

Calibre
1120 QP
Developed and manufactured by Vacheron Constantin
Mechanical, self-winding
29.6 mm (12½’’’) diameter, 4.05 mm thick
Approximately 40 hours of power reserve
2.75 Hz (19,800 vibrations per hour)
276 components
36 jewels
Hallmark of Geneva certified timepiece

Indications
Hours, minutes
Perpetual calendar (day of the week, date, 48-month display with leap year indication)
Moon phases                                                          

Case
18K white gold/18K 5N pink gold
36.5 mm diameter, 8.43 mm thick
Bezel and lugs set with 76 round-cut diamonds
Crown set with 1 round-cut diamond
Transparent sapphire crystal caseback
Water-resistance tested at a pressure of 3 bar (approx. 30 metres)

Dial
Blue grey/White mother-of-pearl
18K white gold/18K 5N pink gold hour-markers and hands

Strap
Blue grey (4305T/000G-B948) / Rosy beige (4305T/000R-B947) Mississippiensis alligator leather with calfskin leather inner shell, stitched tip, square scales          
 With integrated self-interchangeable system

Buckle                                                        
18K white gold/18K 5N pink gold pin buckle set with 17 round-cut diamonds

Total diamond-setting                           
94 round-cut diamonds, for a total weight of approx.
1.20 carats (guaranteed minimum carats)

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TECHNICAL DATA
Patrimony self-winding

References
4115U/000G-B908
4115U/000R-B907

Calibre
2450 Q6/3
Developed and manufactured by Vacheron Constantin
Mechanical, self-winding
26.20 mm diameter (11¼’’’), 3.60 mm thick
Approximately 40 hours of power reserve
4 Hz (28,800 vibrations/hour)
196 components
27 jewels
Hallmark of Geneva certified timepiece

Indications
Heures, minutes, central seconds
Date                    

Case                                                           
18K white gold/18K 5N pink gold
Bezel set with 72 round-cut diamonds
36.5 mm diameter, 8.45 mm thick
Transparent sapphire crystal caseback
Water-resistance tested at a pressure of 3 bar (approx. 30 metres)

Dial
Deep blue / blush pink, gradient effect
Convex external zone with circular “pearl” minute-track composed by 48 polished 18K gold pearls
18K white gold/18K 5N pink gold applied hour-markers and hour/minutes hands

Strap
Night blue/Rosy beige Mississippiensis alligator leather with satin-effect, calf inner shell, stitched tip, square scales
With integrated self-interchangeable system

Buckle
18K white gold/18K 5N pink gold pin buckle
Polished half Maltese cross-shaped

Total diamond-setting
72 round-cut diamonds, for a total weight of approx.
0.74 carats (guaranteed minimum carats)

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FICHE TECHNIQUE
Patrimony self-winding

Références
4110U/000G-B906
4110U/000R-B905

Calibre
2450 Q6/3
Developed and manufactured by Vacheron Constantin
Mechanical, self-winding
26.20 mm diameter (11¼’’’), 3.60 mm thick
Approximately 40 hours of power reserve
4 Hz (28,800 vibrations/hour)
196 components
27 jewels
Hallmark of Geneva certified timepiece

Indications
Heures, minutes, central seconds
Date

Case
18K white gold/18K 5N pink gold
36.5 mm diameter, 8.45 mm thick
Transparent sapphire crystal caseback
Water-resistance tested at a pressure of 3 bar (approx. 30 metres)
Dial
Deep blue / blush pink, gradient effect
Convex external zone with circular “pearl” minute-track composed by 48 round-cut diamonds
18K white gold/18K 5N pink gold applied hour-markers and hour/minutes hands

Strap
Night blue/Rosy beige Mississippiensis alligator leather with satin-effect, calf inner shell, stitched tip, square scales
With self-interchangeable system integrated

Buckle
18K white gold/18K 5N pink gold pin buckle
Polished half Maltese cross-shaped

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Traditionnelle perpetual calendar ultra-thin and Patrimony self-winding: Feminine timepieces

Traditionnelle perpetual calendar ultra-thin and Patrimony self-winding: Feminine timepieces

  • Vacheron Constantin has added new models to its Traditionnelle and Patrimony collections, aimed at women.
  • The Traditionnelle perpetual calendar ultra-thin watch, equipped with in-house Calibre 
    1120 QP,  is offered in two gemset 36.5 mm versions in white gold and pink gold respectively.
  • The Patrimony self-winding watch, powered by in-house Calibre 2450 Q6/3, is interpreted through four references in white and pink gold featuring gemsetting on the bezel or dial, and with new gradient-effect dials
  • These six new references are fitted with straps that are interchangeable at the touch of a push-button.

Geneva, 30 March 2022 – The attention that Vacheron Constantin has devoted to women’s timepieces for more than two centuries is freshly interpreted through the models presented at Watches and Wonders 2022. A response to women’s growing desire for complex mechanical timepieces, the Traditionnelle perpetual calendar ultra-thin watch displays its technical nature in an eminently feminine manner; while the Patrimony self-winding watch flaunts a minimalist silhouette exuding a timeless elegance symbolising a distinctive kind of watchmaking classicism.

Vacheron Constantin and women: a story woven through time

Women took a very early interest in watchmaking, often to adorn their garments with objects that were sometimes unusual yet generally designed as real jewellery. This was however not to the detriment of their practical aspects, as confirmed by the numerous striking or calendar watches made with women in mind. Women also played a role as early adopters of wristwatches.

Vacheron Constantin has left its mark on each era, from the first ladies’ pocket watches made at the turn of the 18th century through to elegant contemporary creations. Whether functional or ceremonial objects, jewellery or sports watches, Vacheron Constantin’s women’s creations have consistently reflected the evolution of artistic sensibilities as well as of fashion trends. They bear witness to perpetually renewed aesthetic and technical creativity aimed at women, within which attention to detail shapes an anatomy of watchmaking beauty that is unique to the Maison.

Vacheron Constantin’s archives make it possible to trace the origins of ladies’ watches commissioned very early in the history of the Manufacture, including a sculpted yellow gold watch with quarter repeater and off-centre small seconds dating from 1838. The ensuring decades witnessed a succession of creations – sometimes housing horological complications and often precious with their hunter-type cases – leading up the appearance of the first wristwatches, a feminine accessory of which the first example in the Vacheron Constantin collection dates from 1889.

With the advent of the 20th century, the Maison’s feminine creations admirably embodied the spirit of the times, initially inspired by Art Nouveau, then Art Deco, with a clear penchant for jewellery watches. Cooperating with Vacheron Constantin’s French agent Verger lasted until 1938 and also brought its share of new models dedicated to women – some of which featured cameos inspired by Asian art or Ancient Greece. From the 1940s onwards, women began wearing watches almost exclusively on the wrist. The geometrical lines of the Art Deco period gradually gave way to more voluptuous shapes. Designed as jewels that tell the time, ‘secret’ watches with covers concealing the display of time were particularly popular at the time, and Vacheron Constantin displayed impressive stylistic inventiveness through its designs vividly reflecting the modern era.

In the wake of the 1970s, Vacheron Constantin dared to experiment with new, uninhibited shapes for ladies’ watches, before adopting the sportier lines of the Overseas range dedicated to the contemporary woman. In addition, the Traditionnelle and Patrimony collections were designed to convey the technical sophistication and aesthetic refinement of time measurement for women. This approach was further accentuated by the recent launch of the Égérie watches: inspired by Haute Couture, they embody watchmaking expertise and a sensitivity to feminine codes that has been constantly reaffirmed over the centuries. Drawing on this heritage, Maison is now adding new models to its two Patrimony and Traditionnelle collections.

Traditionnelle perpetual calendar ultra-thin

The brand is unveiling a new feminine timepiece in its Traditionnelle collection, a line imbued with the grand Geneva watchmaking heritage and whose design was intended to adapt to all types of watches, whether simple or equipped with sophisticated complications. The Traditionnelle perpetual calendar ultra-thin watch corresponds to women’s desire for mechanical complication timepieces.

This timepiece equipped with in-house Calibre 1120 QP elegantly plays on the distinctive aspects of the Gregorian calendar. It displays the days, dates, months and years on a four-year cycle, including a leap-year indication, without any need for correction before 2100. This calendar display is complemented by a moon-phase indication at 6 o’clock. Another distinctive feature of this movement is its thinness: measuring only 4.05 mm thick, it is housed in a 8.43 mm-thick case with a 36.5 mm diameter, ensuring perfect visual harmony.

Calibre 1120 QP reflects the Maison’s expertise in ultra-thin movements that has enabled it to set several records in terms of slimness since the 1950s. With its 276 components perfectly visible through the sapphire caseback, it also reflects noble watchmaking traditions through its extremely meticulous finishing: a circular-grained plate on the dial side, mainplate and bridges adorned with a Côtes de Genève motif on the back, hand-bevelling, circular satin-finished holes and a going train with polished teeth. The oscillating weight featuring a 22K gold segment is also adorned with a Côtes de Genève motif and openworked in the shape of the Maison’s Maltese cross emblem.

This watch whose aesthetic refinement echoes its technical sophistication pays tribute to the identity codes of Vacheron Constantin, whereby the quest for excellence is expressed through the smallest, even invisible details. Available in 18K white gold and 18K 5N pink gold versions, it is inspired by Vacheron Constantin models from the first half of the last century. It features the strong sense of understatement characterising the collection, embellished with a few special features such as the stepped lugs and case, fluted caseback, as well as Dauphine-type hands flying over a railway minutes track punctuated by baton-type hour-markers. In keeping with the methodical spirit of the time, which held that function should dictate form, this perpetual calendar has been specially designed to make it easy to read the calendar indications thanks to a slimmed-down bezel offering a larger dial opening.

The dial is adorned with blue-grey tinted mother-of-pearl for the white gold model and white mother-of-pearl for the pink gold model. The moon-phase disc bears the same colours as the dial, while the depiction of the moon and the stars adopts the same shade of gold as the case, complete with an opaline finish. In a final touch of elegance, the bezel and top of the lugs are delicately set with 76 round-cut diamonds, while the crown is adorned with a round-cut diamond.

For the first time in the collection, this Traditionnelle perpetual calendar ultra-thin watch is equipped with an interchangeable strap that can be fitted at the touch of a push-button and without any need for tools. Each model comes with an alligator leather strap – grey blue or rosy beige – secured by a white or pink gold pin buckle set with 17 round-cut diamonds.

 

Patrimony self-winding

The Patrimony self-winding watch symbolises minimalist art expressed through horological refinement. Inspired by a historical 1957 Vacheron Constantin with a classic round, ultra-thin style and timeless elegance, the Patrimony collection has been distinguished since its launch in 2004 by a restrained and refined watchmaking aesthetic. In keeping with the line’s signature spirit of purity, the proportions of the new Patrimony models have been revisited. The curve of the 36.5 mm-diameter case in 18K white gold or 18K 5N pink gold has been redesigned, while the crown has been subtly rounded.

The slightly convex dial swept over by leaf-shaped hands following its curves features subtle shades of deep blue for the white gold version and blush pink for the pink gold version. These colours appear in a gradient-effect composition that is lighter in the centre and progressively darker towards the edge of the dial, thereby bringing light and depth to the display of the hours, minutes and seconds. The care lavished on each detail is reflected in the date disc at 6 o’clock, which has the same colour as the dial, and in the subtle play of gemsetting on the models. Each of the two versions features either a bezel set with 72 round-cut diamonds lighting up the circular-grained minutes track, or a minutes track itself composed of 48 round-cut diamonds positioned between the applied gold hour-markers. The gemsetting of the minutes track, a complex operation performed on an underlying domed surface, reflects an approach to watchmaking in which every detail is essential to the anatomy of Vacheron Constantin watches.

These four new references are powered by in-house 2450 Q6/3 movement driving displays of the hours and minutes along with central seconds and an aperture-type date. Beating at a rate of 28,800 vibrations per hour – an excellent compromise between precision and reliability – it is endowed with a 40-hour power reserve. This 196-component self-winding movement is barely 3.6 mm thick. Its finishing, like that of the case, complies with Hallmark of Geneva criteria such as a circular-grained mainplate, hand-bevelled bridges adorned with a Côtes de Genève motif, straight-grained finishing springs, a going train with polished sinks and burnished pinions. The transparent caseback also reveals an 22K gold openworked oscillating weight inspired by the Maltese cross.

These new Patrimony watches feature interchangeable straps in night blue or rosy beige alligator leather with an iridescent satin finish. They can be removed and replaced at the touch of a push-button, without any need for tools.

The Anatomy of Beauty®

These new Traditionnelle and Patrimony models perfectly illustrate the Maison’s 2022 “The Anatomy of Beauty®” theme, celebrating the attentiveness to detail. This extraordinarily painstaking care is expressed through the designers’ aesthetic choices and preferences as well as in the meticulous finishing work performed by the artisans. All the components of a Vacheron Constantin watch benefit from this scrupulous attention, even those that remain invisible once the movement has been assembled. A keen eye will note the fine guilloché work on a dial or the gem-set minutes track; it will make out the contours of the Maison’s Maltese cross emblem on the links of a bracelet; it will notice the small flame-blued screw serving as a seconds indicator on a tourbillon carriage and the mirror polish of a minute-repeater hammer; it will appreciate the artisans’ delicate touch when chamfering a plate or rounding off a bridge; and finally, it will admire the miniature enamel painting depicting a ship tossed around by a stormy sea streaked with lightning. At Vacheron Constantin, concern for detail delicately shapes an anatomy of beauty in which nothing is left to chance.

 

Sum-up

From the first pocket watches at the turn of the 18th century to contemporary wristwatches, Vacheron Constantin has always been able to capture the spirit of the times and meet women’s expectations.

Greatly appreciated by connoisseurs, the 4.05 mm in-house Calibre 1120 QP gives life to a new Traditionnelle perpetual calendar ultra-thin designed for women’s wrists. This 36.5 mm-diameter model reflects Vacheron Constantin’s grand tradition of horological complications, notably interpreted through ultra-thin versions. Its 18K white or 18K 5N pink gold case bears the identity codes of the Traditionnelle collection featuring meticulous handcrafted finishing. Its gem-set bezel and its dial graced with delicately shimmering mother-of-pearl have been meticulously designed to ensure optimum legibility of the calendar indications.

True to its restrained and timeless elegance inherited from the 1950s, the new Patrimony self-winding watch reveals a slimmer feminine anatomy graced with redesigned curves and a slightly domed dial with a deep, luminous gradient. This 36.5 mm-diameter model is available in white gold with a deep blue dial or in pink gold with a blush pink dial, complete with either a bezel set with 72 diamonds and a “pearl” minute track, or with a gold bezel and a minute track set with 48 diamonds. The apparent simplicity of the Patrimony self-winding watch stems from meticulous attention to detail, as evidenced by the finishing of its self-winding in-house Calibre 2450 Q6/3 driving displays of the hours, minutes, seconds and date.

These new models in the Traditionnelle and Patrimony collections feature interchangeable straps that can be released at the touch of a single button and without the need for tools.

*****************************************************************

TECHNICAL DATA
Traditionnelle perpetual calendar ultra-thin

References
4305T/000G-B948
4305T/000R-B947

Calibre
1120 QP
Developed and manufactured by Vacheron Constantin
Mechanical, self-winding
29.6 mm (12½’’’) diameter, 4.05 mm thick
Approximately 40 hours of power reserve
2.75 Hz (19,800 vibrations per hour)
276 components
36 jewels
Hallmark of Geneva certified timepiece

Indications
Hours, minutes
Perpetual calendar (day of the week, date, 48-month display with leap year indication)
Moon phases                                                          

Case
18K white gold/18K 5N pink gold
36.5 mm diameter, 8.43 mm thick
Bezel and lugs set with 76 round-cut diamonds
Crown set with 1 round-cut diamond
Transparent sapphire crystal caseback
Water-resistance tested at a pressure of 3 bar (approx. 30 metres)

Dial
Blue grey/White mother-of-pearl
18K white gold/18K 5N pink gold hour-markers and hands

Strap
Blue grey (4305T/000G-B948) / Rosy beige (4305T/000R-B947) Mississippiensis alligator leather with calfskin leather inner shell, stitched tip, square scales          
 With integrated self-interchangeable system

Buckle                                                        
18K white gold/18K 5N pink gold pin buckle set with 17 round-cut diamonds

Total diamond-setting                           
94 round-cut diamonds, for a total weight of approx.
1.20 carats (guaranteed minimum carats)

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TECHNICAL DATA
Patrimony self-winding

References
4115U/000G-B908
4115U/000R-B907

Calibre
2450 Q6/3
Developed and manufactured by Vacheron Constantin
Mechanical, self-winding
26.20 mm diameter (11¼’’’), 3.60 mm thick
Approximately 40 hours of power reserve
4 Hz (28,800 vibrations/hour)
196 components
27 jewels
Hallmark of Geneva certified timepiece

Indications
Heures, minutes, central seconds
Date                    

Case                                                           
18K white gold/18K 5N pink gold
Bezel set with 72 round-cut diamonds
36.5 mm diameter, 8.45 mm thick
Transparent sapphire crystal caseback
Water-resistance tested at a pressure of 3 bar (approx. 30 metres)

Dial
Deep blue / blush pink, gradient effect
Convex external zone with circular “pearl” minute-track composed by 48 polished 18K gold pearls
18K white gold/18K 5N pink gold applied hour-markers and hour/minutes hands

Strap
Night blue/Rosy beige Mississippiensis alligator leather with satin-effect, calf inner shell, stitched tip, square scales
With integrated self-interchangeable system

Buckle
18K white gold/18K 5N pink gold pin buckle
Polished half Maltese cross-shaped

Total diamond-setting
72 round-cut diamonds, for a total weight of approx.
0.74 carats (guaranteed minimum carats)

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FICHE TECHNIQUE
Patrimony self-winding

Références
4110U/000G-B906
4110U/000R-B905

Calibre
2450 Q6/3
Developed and manufactured by Vacheron Constantin
Mechanical, self-winding
26.20 mm diameter (11¼’’’), 3.60 mm thick
Approximately 40 hours of power reserve
4 Hz (28,800 vibrations/hour)
196 components
27 jewels
Hallmark of Geneva certified timepiece

Indications
Heures, minutes, central seconds
Date

Case
18K white gold/18K 5N pink gold
36.5 mm diameter, 8.45 mm thick
Transparent sapphire crystal caseback
Water-resistance tested at a pressure of 3 bar (approx. 30 metres)
Dial
Deep blue / blush pink, gradient effect
Convex external zone with circular “pearl” minute-track composed by 48 round-cut diamonds
18K white gold/18K 5N pink gold applied hour-markers and hour/minutes hands

Strap
Night blue/Rosy beige Mississippiensis alligator leather with satin-effect, calf inner shell, stitched tip, square scales
With self-interchangeable system integrated

Buckle
18K white gold/18K 5N pink gold pin buckle
Polished half Maltese cross-shaped

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Traditionnelle perpetual calendar ultra-thin and Patrimony self-winding: Feminine timepieces

Traditionnelle perpetual calendar ultra-thin and Patrimony self-winding: Feminine timepieces

  • Vacheron Constantin has added new models to its Traditionnelle and Patrimony collections, aimed at women.
  • The Traditionnelle perpetual calendar ultra-thin watch, equipped with in-house Calibre 
    1120 QP,  is offered in two gemset 36.5 mm versions in white gold and pink gold respectively.
  • The Patrimony self-winding watch, powered by in-house Calibre 2450 Q6/3, is interpreted through four references in white and pink gold featuring gemsetting on the bezel or dial, and with new gradient-effect dials
  • These six new references are fitted with straps that are interchangeable at the touch of a push-button.

Geneva, 30 March 2022 – The attention that Vacheron Constantin has devoted to women’s timepieces for more than two centuries is freshly interpreted through the models presented at Watches and Wonders 2022. A response to women’s growing desire for complex mechanical timepieces, the Traditionnelle perpetual calendar ultra-thin watch displays its technical nature in an eminently feminine manner; while the Patrimony self-winding watch flaunts a minimalist silhouette exuding a timeless elegance symbolising a distinctive kind of watchmaking classicism.

Vacheron Constantin and women: a story woven through time

Women took a very early interest in watchmaking, often to adorn their garments with objects that were sometimes unusual yet generally designed as real jewellery. This was however not to the detriment of their practical aspects, as confirmed by the numerous striking or calendar watches made with women in mind. Women also played a role as early adopters of wristwatches.

Vacheron Constantin has left its mark on each era, from the first ladies’ pocket watches made at the turn of the 18th century through to elegant contemporary creations. Whether functional or ceremonial objects, jewellery or sports watches, Vacheron Constantin’s women’s creations have consistently reflected the evolution of artistic sensibilities as well as of fashion trends. They bear witness to perpetually renewed aesthetic and technical creativity aimed at women, within which attention to detail shapes an anatomy of watchmaking beauty that is unique to the Maison.

Vacheron Constantin’s archives make it possible to trace the origins of ladies’ watches commissioned very early in the history of the Manufacture, including a sculpted yellow gold watch with quarter repeater and off-centre small seconds dating from 1838. The ensuring decades witnessed a succession of creations – sometimes housing horological complications and often precious with their hunter-type cases – leading up the appearance of the first wristwatches, a feminine accessory of which the first example in the Vacheron Constantin collection dates from 1889.

With the advent of the 20th century, the Maison’s feminine creations admirably embodied the spirit of the times, initially inspired by Art Nouveau, then Art Deco, with a clear penchant for jewellery watches. Cooperating with Vacheron Constantin’s French agent Verger lasted until 1938 and also brought its share of new models dedicated to women – some of which featured cameos inspired by Asian art or Ancient Greece. From the 1940s onwards, women began wearing watches almost exclusively on the wrist. The geometrical lines of the Art Deco period gradually gave way to more voluptuous shapes. Designed as jewels that tell the time, ‘secret’ watches with covers concealing the display of time were particularly popular at the time, and Vacheron Constantin displayed impressive stylistic inventiveness through its designs vividly reflecting the modern era.

In the wake of the 1970s, Vacheron Constantin dared to experiment with new, uninhibited shapes for ladies’ watches, before adopting the sportier lines of the Overseas range dedicated to the contemporary woman. In addition, the Traditionnelle and Patrimony collections were designed to convey the technical sophistication and aesthetic refinement of time measurement for women. This approach was further accentuated by the recent launch of the Égérie watches: inspired by Haute Couture, they embody watchmaking expertise and a sensitivity to feminine codes that has been constantly reaffirmed over the centuries. Drawing on this heritage, Maison is now adding new models to its two Patrimony and Traditionnelle collections.

Traditionnelle perpetual calendar ultra-thin

The brand is unveiling a new feminine timepiece in its Traditionnelle collection, a line imbued with the grand Geneva watchmaking heritage and whose design was intended to adapt to all types of watches, whether simple or equipped with sophisticated complications. The Traditionnelle perpetual calendar ultra-thin watch corresponds to women’s desire for mechanical complication timepieces.

This timepiece equipped with in-house Calibre 1120 QP elegantly plays on the distinctive aspects of the Gregorian calendar. It displays the days, dates, months and years on a four-year cycle, including a leap-year indication, without any need for correction before 2100. This calendar display is complemented by a moon-phase indication at 6 o’clock. Another distinctive feature of this movement is its thinness: measuring only 4.05 mm thick, it is housed in a 8.43 mm-thick case with a 36.5 mm diameter, ensuring perfect visual harmony.

Calibre 1120 QP reflects the Maison’s expertise in ultra-thin movements that has enabled it to set several records in terms of slimness since the 1950s. With its 276 components perfectly visible through the sapphire caseback, it also reflects noble watchmaking traditions through its extremely meticulous finishing: a circular-grained plate on the dial side, mainplate and bridges adorned with a Côtes de Genève motif on the back, hand-bevelling, circular satin-finished holes and a going train with polished teeth. The oscillating weight featuring a 22K gold segment is also adorned with a Côtes de Genève motif and openworked in the shape of the Maison’s Maltese cross emblem.

This watch whose aesthetic refinement echoes its technical sophistication pays tribute to the identity codes of Vacheron Constantin, whereby the quest for excellence is expressed through the smallest, even invisible details. Available in 18K white gold and 18K 5N pink gold versions, it is inspired by Vacheron Constantin models from the first half of the last century. It features the strong sense of understatement characterising the collection, embellished with a few special features such as the stepped lugs and case, fluted caseback, as well as Dauphine-type hands flying over a railway minutes track punctuated by baton-type hour-markers. In keeping with the methodical spirit of the time, which held that function should dictate form, this perpetual calendar has been specially designed to make it easy to read the calendar indications thanks to a slimmed-down bezel offering a larger dial opening.

The dial is adorned with blue-grey tinted mother-of-pearl for the white gold model and white mother-of-pearl for the pink gold model. The moon-phase disc bears the same colours as the dial, while the depiction of the moon and the stars adopts the same shade of gold as the case, complete with an opaline finish. In a final touch of elegance, the bezel and top of the lugs are delicately set with 76 round-cut diamonds, while the crown is adorned with a round-cut diamond.

For the first time in the collection, this Traditionnelle perpetual calendar ultra-thin watch is equipped with an interchangeable strap that can be fitted at the touch of a push-button and without any need for tools. Each model comes with an alligator leather strap – grey blue or rosy beige – secured by a white or pink gold pin buckle set with 17 round-cut diamonds.

 

Patrimony self-winding

The Patrimony self-winding watch symbolises minimalist art expressed through horological refinement. Inspired by a historical 1957 Vacheron Constantin with a classic round, ultra-thin style and timeless elegance, the Patrimony collection has been distinguished since its launch in 2004 by a restrained and refined watchmaking aesthetic. In keeping with the line’s signature spirit of purity, the proportions of the new Patrimony models have been revisited. The curve of the 36.5 mm-diameter case in 18K white gold or 18K 5N pink gold has been redesigned, while the crown has been subtly rounded.

The slightly convex dial swept over by leaf-shaped hands following its curves features subtle shades of deep blue for the white gold version and blush pink for the pink gold version. These colours appear in a gradient-effect composition that is lighter in the centre and progressively darker towards the edge of the dial, thereby bringing light and depth to the display of the hours, minutes and seconds. The care lavished on each detail is reflected in the date disc at 6 o’clock, which has the same colour as the dial, and in the subtle play of gemsetting on the models. Each of the two versions features either a bezel set with 72 round-cut diamonds lighting up the circular-grained minutes track, or a minutes track itself composed of 48 round-cut diamonds positioned between the applied gold hour-markers. The gemsetting of the minutes track, a complex operation performed on an underlying domed surface, reflects an approach to watchmaking in which every detail is essential to the anatomy of Vacheron Constantin watches.

These four new references are powered by in-house 2450 Q6/3 movement driving displays of the hours and minutes along with central seconds and an aperture-type date. Beating at a rate of 28,800 vibrations per hour – an excellent compromise between precision and reliability – it is endowed with a 40-hour power reserve. This 196-component self-winding movement is barely 3.6 mm thick. Its finishing, like that of the case, complies with Hallmark of Geneva criteria such as a circular-grained mainplate, hand-bevelled bridges adorned with a Côtes de Genève motif, straight-grained finishing springs, a going train with polished sinks and burnished pinions. The transparent caseback also reveals an 22K gold openworked oscillating weight inspired by the Maltese cross.

These new Patrimony watches feature interchangeable straps in night blue or rosy beige alligator leather with an iridescent satin finish. They can be removed and replaced at the touch of a push-button, without any need for tools.

The Anatomy of Beauty®

These new Traditionnelle and Patrimony models perfectly illustrate the Maison’s 2022 “The Anatomy of Beauty®” theme, celebrating the attentiveness to detail. This extraordinarily painstaking care is expressed through the designers’ aesthetic choices and preferences as well as in the meticulous finishing work performed by the artisans. All the components of a Vacheron Constantin watch benefit from this scrupulous attention, even those that remain invisible once the movement has been assembled. A keen eye will note the fine guilloché work on a dial or the gem-set minutes track; it will make out the contours of the Maison’s Maltese cross emblem on the links of a bracelet; it will notice the small flame-blued screw serving as a seconds indicator on a tourbillon carriage and the mirror polish of a minute-repeater hammer; it will appreciate the artisans’ delicate touch when chamfering a plate or rounding off a bridge; and finally, it will admire the miniature enamel painting depicting a ship tossed around by a stormy sea streaked with lightning. At Vacheron Constantin, concern for detail delicately shapes an anatomy of beauty in which nothing is left to chance.

 

Sum-up

From the first pocket watches at the turn of the 18th century to contemporary wristwatches, Vacheron Constantin has always been able to capture the spirit of the times and meet women’s expectations.

Greatly appreciated by connoisseurs, the 4.05 mm in-house Calibre 1120 QP gives life to a new Traditionnelle perpetual calendar ultra-thin designed for women’s wrists. This 36.5 mm-diameter model reflects Vacheron Constantin’s grand tradition of horological complications, notably interpreted through ultra-thin versions. Its 18K white or 18K 5N pink gold case bears the identity codes of the Traditionnelle collection featuring meticulous handcrafted finishing. Its gem-set bezel and its dial graced with delicately shimmering mother-of-pearl have been meticulously designed to ensure optimum legibility of the calendar indications.

True to its restrained and timeless elegance inherited from the 1950s, the new Patrimony self-winding watch reveals a slimmer feminine anatomy graced with redesigned curves and a slightly domed dial with a deep, luminous gradient. This 36.5 mm-diameter model is available in white gold with a deep blue dial or in pink gold with a blush pink dial, complete with either a bezel set with 72 diamonds and a “pearl” minute track, or with a gold bezel and a minute track set with 48 diamonds. The apparent simplicity of the Patrimony self-winding watch stems from meticulous attention to detail, as evidenced by the finishing of its self-winding in-house Calibre 2450 Q6/3 driving displays of the hours, minutes, seconds and date.

These new models in the Traditionnelle and Patrimony collections feature interchangeable straps that can be released at the touch of a single button and without the need for tools.

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TECHNICAL DATA
Traditionnelle perpetual calendar ultra-thin

References
4305T/000G-B948
4305T/000R-B947

Calibre
1120 QP
Developed and manufactured by Vacheron Constantin
Mechanical, self-winding
29.6 mm (12½’’’) diameter, 4.05 mm thick
Approximately 40 hours of power reserve
2.75 Hz (19,800 vibrations per hour)
276 components
36 jewels
Hallmark of Geneva certified timepiece

Indications
Hours, minutes
Perpetual calendar (day of the week, date, 48-month display with leap year indication)
Moon phases                                                          

Case
18K white gold/18K 5N pink gold
36.5 mm diameter, 8.43 mm thick
Bezel and lugs set with 76 round-cut diamonds
Crown set with 1 round-cut diamond
Transparent sapphire crystal caseback
Water-resistance tested at a pressure of 3 bar (approx. 30 metres)

Dial
Blue grey/White mother-of-pearl
18K white gold/18K 5N pink gold hour-markers and hands

Strap
Blue grey (4305T/000G-B948) / Rosy beige (4305T/000R-B947) Mississippiensis alligator leather with calfskin leather inner shell, stitched tip, square scales          
 With integrated self-interchangeable system

Buckle                                                        
18K white gold/18K 5N pink gold pin buckle set with 17 round-cut diamonds

Total diamond-setting                           
94 round-cut diamonds, for a total weight of approx.
1.20 carats (guaranteed minimum carats)

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TECHNICAL DATA
Patrimony self-winding

References
4115U/000G-B908
4115U/000R-B907

Calibre
2450 Q6/3
Developed and manufactured by Vacheron Constantin
Mechanical, self-winding
26.20 mm diameter (11¼’’’), 3.60 mm thick
Approximately 40 hours of power reserve
4 Hz (28,800 vibrations/hour)
196 components
27 jewels
Hallmark of Geneva certified timepiece

Indications
Heures, minutes, central seconds
Date                    

Case                                                           
18K white gold/18K 5N pink gold
Bezel set with 72 round-cut diamonds
36.5 mm diameter, 8.45 mm thick
Transparent sapphire crystal caseback
Water-resistance tested at a pressure of 3 bar (approx. 30 metres)

Dial
Deep blue / blush pink, gradient effect
Convex external zone with circular “pearl” minute-track composed by 48 polished 18K gold pearls
18K white gold/18K 5N pink gold applied hour-markers and hour/minutes hands

Strap
Night blue/Rosy beige Mississippiensis alligator leather with satin-effect, calf inner shell, stitched tip, square scales
With integrated self-interchangeable system

Buckle
18K white gold/18K 5N pink gold pin buckle
Polished half Maltese cross-shaped

Total diamond-setting
72 round-cut diamonds, for a total weight of approx.
0.74 carats (guaranteed minimum carats)

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FICHE TECHNIQUE
Patrimony self-winding

Références
4110U/000G-B906
4110U/000R-B905

Calibre
2450 Q6/3
Developed and manufactured by Vacheron Constantin
Mechanical, self-winding
26.20 mm diameter (11¼’’’), 3.60 mm thick
Approximately 40 hours of power reserve
4 Hz (28,800 vibrations/hour)
196 components
27 jewels
Hallmark of Geneva certified timepiece

Indications
Heures, minutes, central seconds
Date

Case
18K white gold/18K 5N pink gold
36.5 mm diameter, 8.45 mm thick
Transparent sapphire crystal caseback
Water-resistance tested at a pressure of 3 bar (approx. 30 metres)
Dial
Deep blue / blush pink, gradient effect
Convex external zone with circular “pearl” minute-track composed by 48 round-cut diamonds
18K white gold/18K 5N pink gold applied hour-markers and hour/minutes hands

Strap
Night blue/Rosy beige Mississippiensis alligator leather with satin-effect, calf inner shell, stitched tip, square scales
With self-interchangeable system integrated

Buckle
18K white gold/18K 5N pink gold pin buckle
Polished half Maltese cross-shaped

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Traditionnelle calendario perpetuo ultraplano y Patrimony automático: relojes femeninos

Traditionnelle calendario perpetuo ultraplano y Patrimony automático: relojes femeninos

  • Vacheron Constantin ha añadido nuevos modelos a sus colecciones Traditionnelle y Patrimony, dirigidas a la mujer.
  • El reloj ultraplano Traditionnelle con calendario perpetuo, equipado con el calibre interno 
    1120 QP, se ofrece en dos versiones de 36,5 mm con engaste de gemas en oro blanco y oro rosa, respectivamente.
  • El reloj automático Patrimony, impulsado por el calibre interno 2450 Q6/3, se interpreta a través de cuatro referencias en oro blanco y rosa con engaste de gemas en el bisel o la esfera, y con nuevas esferas con efecto degradado.
  • Estas seis nuevas referencias están provistas de correas intercambiables con solo pulsar un botón.

Ginebra, 30 de marzo de 2022 – La atención que Vacheron Constantin ha dedicado a los relojes de mujer durante más de dos siglos se interpreta de nuevo a través de los modelos presentados en Watches and Wonders 2022. Como respuesta al creciente deseo de las mujeres por relojes mecánicos complejos, el calendario perpetuo Traditionnelle ultra -el reloj fino muestra su naturaleza técnica de una manera eminentemente femenina; mientras que el reloj automático Patrimony hace alarde de una silueta minimalista que exuda una elegancia atemporal que simboliza un tipo distintivo de clasicismo relojero.

Vacheron Constantin y las mujeres: una historia tejida a través del tiempo

Las mujeres se interesaron muy pronto por la relojería, a menudo para adornar sus prendas con objetos que a veces eran inusuales pero generalmente diseñados como verdaderas joyas. Sin embargo, esto no fue en detrimento de sus aspectos prácticos, como lo confirman los numerosos relojes llamativos o de calendario hechos pensando en las mujeres. Las mujeres también jugaron un papel como las primeras en adoptar los relojes de pulsera.

Vacheron Constantin ha dejado su huella en cada época, desde los primeros relojes de bolsillo para mujer fabricados a principios del siglo XVIII hasta las elegantes creaciones contemporáneas. Ya sean objetos funcionales o ceremoniales, joyas o relojes deportivos, las creaciones femeninas de Vacheron Constantin han reflejado constantemente la evolución de las sensibilidades artísticas, así como de las tendencias de la moda. Son testigos de una creatividad estética y técnica perpetuamente renovada dirigida a las mujeres, dentro de la cual la atención al detalle da forma a una anatomía de la belleza relojera que es única en la Maison.

Los archivos de Vacheron Constantin permiten rastrear los orígenes de los relojes de mujer encargados muy temprano en la historia de la Manufactura, incluido un reloj de oro amarillo esculpido con repetición de cuartos y segundero pequeño descentrado que data de 1838. Las décadas siguientes fueron testigos de una sucesión de creaciones –a veces con complicaciones relojeras y a menudo preciosas con sus cajas tipo cazador– que conducen a la aparición de los primeros relojes de pulsera, un accesorio femenino del que el primer ejemplar de la colección Vacheron Constantin data de 1889.

Con la llegada del siglo XXsiglo, las creaciones femeninas de la Maison encarnaron admirablemente el espíritu de los tiempos, inicialmente inspirados en el Art Nouveau, luego en el Art Deco, con una clara inclinación por los relojes joya. La cooperación con el agente francés de Vacheron Constantin, Verger, duró hasta 1938 y también trajo su parte de nuevos modelos dedicados a las mujeres, algunos de los cuales presentaban cameos inspirados en el arte asiático o la antigua Grecia. A partir de la década de 1940, las mujeres comenzaron a usar relojes casi exclusivamente en la muñeca. Las líneas geométricas del período Art Deco dieron paso gradualmente a formas más voluptuosas. Diseñados como joyas que indican la hora, los relojes “secretos” con tapas que ocultan la indicación del tiempo eran particularmente populares en ese momento, y Vacheron Constantin mostró una inventiva estilística impresionante a través de sus diseños que reflejaban vívidamente la era moderna.

A raíz de la década de 1970, Vacheron Constantin se atrevió a experimentar con formas nuevas y desinhibidas para relojes de mujer, antes de adoptar las líneas más deportivas de la gama Overseas dedicada a la mujer contemporánea. Además, las colecciones Traditionnelle y Patrimony fueron diseñadas para transmitir la sofisticación técnica y el refinamiento estético de la medición del tiempo para mujeres. Este enfoque se acentuó aún más con el reciente lanzamiento de los relojes Égérie: inspirados en la Alta Costura, encarnan la experiencia relojera y una sensibilidad por los códigos femeninos que se ha reafirmado constantemente a lo largo de los siglos. Aprovechando este legado, Maison ahora está agregando nuevos modelos a sus dos colecciones Patrimony y Traditionnelle.

Calendario perpetuo ultrafino tradicional

La marca presenta un nuevo reloj femenino en su colección Traditionnelle, una línea imbuida de la gran herencia relojera de Ginebra y cuyo diseño estaba pensado para adaptarse a todo tipo de relojes, ya fueran simples o equipados con sofisticadas complicaciones. El reloj ultraplano con calendario perpetuo Traditionnelle corresponde al deseo de las mujeres por los relojes con complicaciones mecánicas.

Este reloj equipado con el calibre interno 1120 QP juega con elegancia con los aspectos distintivos del calendario gregoriano. Muestra los días, fechas, meses y años en un ciclo de cuatro años, incluida una indicación de año bisiesto, sin necesidad de corrección antes de 2100. Esta visualización del calendario se complementa con una indicación de fase lunar a las 6 en punto. Otro rasgo distintivo de este movimiento es su delgadez: con un grosor de tan solo 4,05 mm, está alojado en una caja de 8,43 mm de grosor y 36,5 mm de diámetro, lo que garantiza una perfecta armonía visual.

El calibre 1120 QP refleja la experiencia de la Maison en movimientos ultraplanos que le ha permitido establecer varios récords en términos de delgadez desde la década de 1950. Con sus 276 componentes perfectamente visibles a través del fondo de caja de zafiro, también refleja las nobles tradiciones de la relojería a través de su acabado extremadamente meticuloso: una placa de grano circular en el lado de la esfera, platina y puentes adornados con un motivo Côtes de Genève en el reverso, biselado a mano , agujeros circulares satinados y tren de arrastre con dientes pulidos. La masa oscilante con un segmento de oro de 22 quilates también está adornada con un motivo Côtes de Genève y calada con la forma del emblema de la cruz maltesa de la Maison.

Este reloj cuyo refinamiento estético se hace eco de su sofisticación técnica rinde homenaje a los códigos de identidad de Vacheron Constantin, donde la búsqueda de la excelencia se expresa a través de los detalles más pequeños, incluso invisibles. Disponible en versiones de oro blanco de 18 quilates y oro rosa de 18 quilates 5N, está inspirado en los modelos de Vacheron Constantin de la primera mitad del siglo pasado. Presenta el fuerte sentido de subestimación que caracteriza a la colección, adornado con algunas características especiales, como las asas y la caja escalonadas, el fondo de caja acanalado, así como las manecillas tipo Dauphine que vuelan sobre una pista de minutos de ferrocarril puntuada por marcadores de hora tipo bastón. De acuerdo con el espíritu metódico de la época, que sostenía que la función debía dictar la forma,

La esfera está adornada con nácar teñido de gris azulado para el modelo de oro blanco y nácar blanco para el modelo de oro rosa. El disco de las fases lunares tiene los mismos colores que la esfera, mientras que la representación de la luna y las estrellas adopta el mismo tono dorado que la caja, con un acabado opalino. En un toque final de elegancia, el bisel y la parte superior de las asas están delicadamente engastados con 76 diamantes de talla redonda, mientras que la corona está adornada con un diamante de talla redonda.

Por primera vez en la colección, este reloj ultraplano Traditionnelle con calendario perpetuo está equipado con una correa intercambiable que se puede colocar con solo tocar un botón y sin necesidad de herramientas. Cada modelo viene con una correa de piel de aligátor, azul grisáceo o beige rosado, asegurada con una hebilla ardillón de oro blanco o rosa engastada con 17 diamantes de talla redonda.

 

Patrimonio automático

El reloj automático Patrimony simboliza el arte minimalista expresado a través del refinamiento relojero. Inspirada en un histórico Vacheron Constantin de 1957 con un estilo clásico redondo, ultraplano y una elegancia atemporal, la colección Patrimony se ha distinguido desde su lanzamiento en 2004 por una estética relojera sobria y refinada. De acuerdo con el espíritu de pureza característico de la línea, se han revisado las proporciones de los nuevos modelos Patrimony. La curva de la caja de 36,5 mm de diámetro en oro blanco de 18 quilates o en oro rosa de 18 quilates 5N se ha rediseñado, mientras que la corona se ha redondeado sutilmente.

La esfera ligeramente convexa barrida por manecillas en forma de hoja que siguen sus curvas presenta sutiles tonos de azul profundo para la versión de oro blanco y rosa rubor para la versión de oro rosa. Estos colores aparecen en una composición de efecto degradado que se aclara en el centro y se oscurece progresivamente hacia el borde de la esfera, aportando luz y profundidad a la visualización de las horas, los minutos y los segundos. El cuidado de cada detalle se refleja en el disco de fecha a las 6, del mismo color que la esfera, y en el sutil juego de engastes de los modelos. Cada una de las dos versiones presenta un bisel engastado con 72 diamantes de talla redonda que iluminan la escala de minutos de grano circular, o una escala de minutos compuesta por 48 diamantes de talla redonda colocados entre los marcadores de hora de oro aplicados. El engaste de la pista de minutos,

Estas cuatro nuevas referencias están impulsadas por pantallas internas de conducción de movimiento 2450 Q6/3 de las horas y los minutos junto con un segundero central y una fecha tipo apertura. Latiendo a un ritmo de 28.800 alternancias por hora, un excelente compromiso entre precisión y fiabilidad, está dotado de una reserva de marcha de 40 horas. Este movimiento automático de 196 componentes tiene un grosor de apenas 3,6 mm. Su acabado, al igual que el de la caja, cumple con los criterios de Hallmark of Geneva, como una platina de grano circular, puentes biselados a mano adornados con un motivo de Côtes de Genève , resortes de acabado de grano recto, tren de rodaje con lavabos pulidos y piñones bruñidos. . El fondo de caja transparente también revela una masa oscilante calada de oro de 22 quilates inspirada en la cruz de Malta.

Estos nuevos relojes Patrimony cuentan con correas intercambiables en piel de aligátor azul noche o beige rosado con un acabado satinado iridiscente. Se pueden quitar y reemplazar con solo tocar un botón, sin necesidad de herramientas.

La Anatomía de la Belleza®

Estos nuevos modelos Traditionnelle y Patrimony ilustran a la perfección el tema “The Anatomy of Beauty®” de Maison 2022, celebrando la atención al detalle. Este cuidado extraordinariamente minucioso se expresa a través de las elecciones y preferencias estéticas de los diseñadores, así como en el minucioso trabajo de acabado realizado por los artesanos. Todos los componentes de un reloj Vacheron Constantin se benefician de esta atención escrupulosa, incluso aquellos que permanecen invisibles una vez que se ha ensamblado el movimiento. Un buen ojo notará el fino trabajo guilloché en un dial o la escala de minutos engastada con gemas; distinguirá los contornos de la Maisonemblema de la cruz de Malta en los eslabones de una pulsera; notará el pequeño tornillo azulado que sirve como indicador de segundos en un carro de tourbillon y el brillo de espejo de un martillo repetidor de minutos; apreciará el toque delicado de los artesanos al biselar una placa o redondear un puente; y, por último, admirará la pintura de esmalte en miniatura que representa un barco sacudido por un mar tormentoso salpicado de rayos. En Vacheron Constantin, la preocupación por los detalles da forma con delicadeza a una anatomía de la belleza en la que nada se deja al azar.

 

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Desde los primeros relojes de bolsillo de principios del siglo XVIII hasta los relojes de pulsera contemporáneos, Vacheron Constantin siempre ha sabido captar el espíritu de la época y satisfacer las expectativas de las mujeres.

Muy apreciado por los conocedores, el calibre interno 1120 QP de 4,05 mm da vida a un nuevo calendario perpetuo Traditionnelle ultraplano diseñado para las muñecas de las mujeres. Este modelo de 36,5 mm de diámetro refleja la gran tradición de complicaciones relojeras de Vacheron Constantin, interpretada en particular a través de versiones ultraplanas. Su caja de oro blanco de 18 quilates o de oro rosa 5N de 18 quilates lleva los códigos de identidad de la colección Traditionnelle con un minucioso acabado artesanal. Su bisel engastado con gemas y su esfera adornada con nácar delicadamente brillante se han diseñado meticulosamente para garantizar una legibilidad óptima de las indicaciones del calendario.

Fiel a su elegancia sobria y atemporal heredada de la década de 1950, el nuevo reloj automático Patrimony revela una anatomía femenina más estilizada adornada con curvas rediseñadas y una esfera ligeramente abombada con un degradado profundo y luminoso. Este modelo de 36,5 mm de diámetro está disponible en oro blanco con esfera azul intenso o en oro rosa con esfera rosa rubor, completo con un bisel engastado con 72 diamantes y un minutero “perla”, o con un bisel dorado y un minutero engastado con 48 diamantes. La aparente simplicidad del reloj de cuerda automática Patrimony se deriva de la meticulosa atención a los detalles, como lo demuestra el acabado de sus pantallas de conducción internas Calibre 2450 Q6/3 de cuerda automática de las horas, los minutos, los segundos y la fecha.

Estos nuevos modelos de las colecciones Traditionnelle y Patrimony cuentan con correas intercambiables que se pueden soltar con solo tocar un botón y sin necesidad de herramientas.

DATOS TÉCNICOS
Calendario perpetuo Traditionnelle ultraplano

Referencias
4305T/000G-B948
4305T/000R-B947

Calibre
1120 QP
Desarrollado y fabricado por Vacheron Constantin
Mecánico, automático
29,6 mm (12½””) de diámetro, 4,05 mm de grosor
Aproximadamente 40 horas de reserva de
marcha 2,75 Hz (19.800 vibraciones por hora)
276 componentes
36 joyas
Reloj certificado Hallmark of Geneva

Indicaciones
Horas, minutos
Calendario perpetuo (día de la semana, fecha, visualización de 48 meses con indicación de año bisiesto)
Fases lunares                                                          

Caja
Oro blanco de 18 quilates/oro rosa de 18 quilates 5N
36,5 mm de diámetro, 8,43 mm de grosor
Bisel y asas engastados con 76 diamantes talla redonda
Corona engastada con 1 diamante talla redonda Fondo de caja de
cristal de zafiro transparente Estanqueidad
probada a una presión de 3 bar (aprox. .30 metros)

Esfera
Gris azulado/
Nácar blanco Oro blanco de 18 quilates/Índices y agujas de oro rosa de 18 quilates 5N

Correa
Gris azulado (4305T/000G-B948) / Beige rosado (4305T/000R-B947) Piel de aligátor Mississippiensis con cubierta interior de piel de becerro, punta cosida, escamas cuadradas Con sistema autointercambiable integrado          
 

Hebilla Hebilla                                                        
de oro blanco de 18 quilates/oro rosa de 18 quilates 5N con 17 diamantes talla redonda engastados

Total de                           
94 diamantes de talla redonda en engaste de diamantes, para un peso total de aprox.
1,20 quilates (quilates mínimos garantizados)

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DATOS TÉCNICOS
Patrimonio automático

References
4115U/000G-B908
4115U/000R-B907

Calibre
2450 Q6/3
Desarrollado y fabricado por Vacheron Constantin
Mecánico, automático
26,20 mm de diámetro (11¼””), 3,60 mm de grosor
Aproximadamente 40 horas de reserva
de marcha 4 Hz (28.800 alternancias/hora)
196 componentes
27 rubíes
Sello de Ginebra reloj certificado

Indicaciones
Horas, minutos, segundero central
Fecha                    

Caja                                                           
Oro blanco de 18 quilates/oro rosa de 18 quilates 5N
Bisel engastado con 72 diamantes talla redonda de
36,5 mm de diámetro y 8,45 mm de grosor Fondo de caja de
cristal de zafiro transparente Estanqueidad
probada a una presión de 3 bar (aprox. 30 metros)

Esfera
Azul profundo / rosa rubor, efecto degradado
Zona externa convexa con minutero circular “perlado” compuesto por 48 perlas pulidas de oro de
18 quilates Índices y agujas de horas/minutos aplicados en oro blanco de 18 quilates/oro rosa de 18 quilates 5N

Correa Piel de aligátor Mississippiensis
azul noche/beige rosado con efecto satinado, carcasa interior de becerro, punta cosida, escamas cuadradas Con sistema autointercambiable integrado

Hebilla
Oro blanco de 18 quilates/Oro rosa de 18 quilates 5N Hebilla
ardillón Media cruz de Malta pulida

Total de
72 diamantes de talla redonda en engaste de diamantes, para un peso total de aprox.
0,74 quilates (quilates mínimos garantizados)

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FICHA TÉCNICA Automático
Patrimonial

Referencias
4110U/000G-B906
4110U/000R-B905

Calibre
2450 Q6/3
Desarrollado y fabricado por Vacheron Constantin
Mecánico, automático
26,20 mm de diámetro (11¼””), 3,60 mm de grosor
Aproximadamente 40 horas de reserva
de marcha 4 Hz (28.800 alternancias/hora)
196 componentes
27 rubíes
Sello de Ginebra reloj certificado

Indicaciones
Horas, minutos, segundero central
Fecha

Caja
Oro blanco de 18 quilates/oro rosa de 18 quilates 5N
36,5 mm de diámetro, 8,45 mm de grosor Fondo de caja de
cristal de zafiro transparente Estanqueidad
probada a una presión de 3 bar (aprox. 30 metros)
Esfera
Azul profundo/rosa rubor, efecto degradado
Zona externa convexa con circular minutero “perla” compuesto por 48 diamantes talla redonda
Índices y agujas de horas/minutos aplicados en oro blanco de 18 quilates/oro rosa de 18 quilates 5N

Correa Piel de aligátor Mississippiensis
azul noche/beige rosado con efecto satinado, carcasa interior de becerro, punta cosida, escamas cuadradas Con sistema autointercambiable integrado

Hebilla
Oro blanco de 18 quilates/Oro rosa de 18 quilates 5N Hebilla
ardillón Media cruz de Malta pulida