Vacheron Constantin’s First West Coast Hour Lounge Collector Event
Located at the historic penthouse at San Francisco’s Fairmont Hotel, the first West Coast Hour Lounge collector event included a live discussion about watch design, technical developments and collector preferences. The penthouse at the Fairmont served as an elegant and enchanting backdrop for the first Hour Lounge event in San Francisco. The penthouse was constructed […]
By Adrienne Faurote
AMERICAN HERITAGE: VACHERON CONSTANTIN HISTORIQUES AMERICAN 1921 BOUTIQUE NEW YORK
Vacheron Constantin is famous among horological cognoscenti for being the oldest of the great Swiss watchmaking firms –in continuous operation since 1755, it’s been active in the United States since 1832, and over the years it’s counted among its fans the Wright Brothers (for whom the firm made the watch used to time the first […]
THE THIN MAN: THE VACHERON CONSTANTIN PATRIMONY CONTEMPORAINE COLLECTION EXCELLENCE PLATINE
As regular Haute Time readers know, extra thin watches have a big place in our hearts, and in the small world of ultra slim timepieces there are few bigger names than the oldest in the business, Vacheron Constantin. Extra flat watches have been a speciality of the firm’s for, quite literally, centuries. At the time […]
LONG NOW: VACHERON CONSTANTIN DEBUTS THE PATRIMONY TRADITIONNELLE 14 DAY TOURBILLON WITH GENEVA HALLMARK
It’s the most recognizable of all haute horlogerie complications –the tourbillon (French for “whirlwind,” first invented in 1801 by that most renowned of watchmakers, A. L. Breguet, is immediately identifiable thanks to the rotating cage which its proud creators generally allow the equally proud owner to view through an opening in the dial. In recent […]
Any Time, Any Place: Vacheron Constantin Patrimony Traditionnelle World Time Watch
A watch like this is for a commander, a leader who needs information at their fingertips. That might sound like a cliché self-aggrandizing remark a high-end Swiss watch brand might say about their products, but this new piece from Vacheron Constantinis more about information than it is about the traditional minimalism you might consider when thinking […]
Haute Timepieces: Vacheron Constantin Patrimony Traditionnelle Openworked Watch
Luxury watch movement decoration is an area of expertise that the Europeans will almost always be able to claim as their own. The finishing and décor process in regards to high-end timepieces is painstakingly long and quite inefficient in our world of modern day technologies. A skilled technician works almost entirely under a microscope for […]
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