patrickh
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Artistic Excellence and Haute Horlogerie
May 31, 2011,01:20 AM
VC at his BEST.
IMHO, The First Brand which combine at this high level these 2 perpetual knowledge with excellent worldwide artists.
How not to fall in love for these creations.
Thanks for sharing again and again.....
Love them ;-))))
Cheers,
Patrickh
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Art and Complication - A look at the Tribute to the Great Explorers
By: WHL : May 30th, 2011-19:30
It could almost go without saying (since I’ve said it so often!) that Vacheron Constantin makes some of the finest dress watches today. Vacheron Constantin also creates a number of watches with innocative and interesting complications. In the Metiers d’Ar...
Hour wheels
By: aaronm : May 30th, 2011-20:11
I had always assumed they were painted sapphire disks, like the AP wandering hour, but they appear to be cut-out metal. Any idea what they're made of, they must be crazy thin! thanks for the report A
Beautiful
By: cisco : May 31st, 2011-00:59
One of the most amazing detail of this watch is the extreme thin enamel calendar, a real masterpiece to produce. It is very complicated to do an enamel dial in such a thickness.
Artistic Excellence and Haute Horlogerie
By: patrickh : May 31st, 2011-01:20
VC at his BEST. IMHO, The First Brand which combine at this high level these 2 perpetual knowledge with excellent worldwide artists. How not to fall in love for these creations. Thanks for sharing again and again..... Love them ;-)))) Cheers, Patrickh
I remember listening to VC's Artistic Director...
By: WHL : June 2nd, 2011-19:53
Chiristian Selmoni talk about the development of the Great Explorer watches and how the Urwerk team had independently developed their own wandering hour display and filed their own patents at the same time as VC. It's hard to believe how the same concept ...
Beautiful creations
By: Davo : May 31st, 2011-05:04
These pieces always blow me away. Thanks for posting, Bill.
Thank you Davo...
By: WHL : June 2nd, 2011-19:54
It's always a pleasure to experience these great watches and write about them. Bill
Bill, this is a great summary
By: respo : May 31st, 2011-06:00
I have been waiting for a history of these amazing watches from VC -- and you delivered!!! The Mercator has fascinated me for a long time now. It was probably the first Vacheron that really caught my eye even before I "discovered" the 1921. I slightly pre...
A tad small, yes, but...
By: respo : June 2nd, 2011-20:05
arrrggghhhhh...so beautiful! And of course, you know a wrist upon which one sits. You kill me, Bill! Best always, respo
exquisite
By: playtime : June 1st, 2011-20:30
a marriage the mechanical and the artistic thx for sharing J
While I appreciate all the craftsmanship and hours of tremendous effort
By: radekw : June 6th, 2011-14:35
that go into creation of these pieces of art these watches don't quite fullfil my expectations. First, Mercator, which I prefer for its unprecedented concept and design, is simply too small for my taste. It would be simply awesome to see this piece reintr...