Vacheron Constantin

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As an owner of the rose gold version

of this watch, I am biased but I like my version better than this iteration.  Throw out the rose gold preference as personal taste, but then I will defend the original model on the merits I think it has.  One, I think the red lettering for the cities whose time zones are on a quarter, half, or three quarter hour time difference is attractive but also functional in that it helps the wearer to more easily read the cities as there are 37 on the dial.  Two, the longitude latitude lines are not really functional but I find them aesthetically pleasing with the presentation of the map from the view point of the north pole.  Three, the greatest feature about this watch which is in the platinum model as well is the way it displays day/night.   All other world timers have 1/2 the hours in white and the other 1/2 in black to denote day/night.  The shaded sapphire crystal that rotates around the globe and actually shows darkness falling on a portion of the world is spectacular and by far the  best representation of day/night on a world timer.  The original dial is very colorful with red, blue, the shaded sapphire and the gold applied hour indices, which I think is great.  It is not a gaudy dial but it is not subtle either.  The one drawback to the watch from a functional standpoint is the operation of the reference cities and time setting from the crown alone.  The crown has three positions to achieve theses functions, but when you pull the crown out it does not click definitively into place in position 1 for reference city setting or position 2 for time setting.  I have had a difficult time getting the crown in place to set the city or the time because it is hard to feel when it in the right position.  My watch is actually being serviced at this time because the crown would not engage in position 2 and I could not set the time.  So, from this long ramble I conclude that the rose gold version is the better looking watch, the watch is very aesthetically pleasing with a fantastic day/night indication, but it is a bit glitchy in its operation with the crown position.  This is the second time I have had to send it in, and have only had it for 2.5 years.    But I still love it and eagerly await its return

Stewart

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