Kazumi
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Thank you for sharing
Thank you for sharing the beautiful photos and a background of the CR.
It is a very simple watch but full of impressive details. The enamel dial is in itself something to marvel. Of course there is also the very clean case design and the beautiful in-house movement.
Personally, I believe the development of the in-house movement is not directly affected by the Swatch-ETA announcement as VC does not use ETA-based movements. Maybe you are referring to the chronograph movement under development to replace the Lemania-based movement for VC's high-end chronographs (I am not sure about the future of F. Piguet movements supplied for the Overseas).
Enjoy your watch in good health.
Best regards,
Kazumi
Chronometre Royal 1907 - a pictorial review
This is my first ‘serious’ post – as a tribute to my favorite time piece, as you can probably tell from my Avatar. To mark the 100 th anniversary of Vacheron Constantin’s creation of the first observatory pocket watch in 1907, VC in 2007 introduced among ...
Thanks a lot for your informative post, Sam.
We missed a review on this watch, and now we have it, thanks to you. The only thing I regret is that VC didn't make it in a white metal. But the RG works very well with the retro look of this Chronometre, so it is not a bad choice. An enamel dial is just ...
Great review Sam
and great pictures too! Interesting how VC has alternated between formal and informal designs for the Chronometre Royal family. I'd say this latest leans more towards the formal style but, as you said, can also be worn casually. As far as white gold CR's,...
NIce review, Sam....
Thank you for taking the time (and the excellent photographs) to share this with us. The dial on this watch is amazing. While the white enamel may not appeal to some people, I can't imagine enameling any finer than what one gets with the Chronometer Royal...
Thx Bill....I compared the dial directly with
GO's Meisen and found it a cut above.... Sam
Thank you Sam
Excellent write up! Thanks Sam. V C boutique of Hong Kong just got a problem with a watch they sold. It was a mechanical defect of the said watch. It ended up the customer demanded & got his money back. The news was posted in major Hong Kong press.This ar...
Congrats Sam !
This Chronometre Royal is a very fine timepiece. And your article is very well done ! I love its dial, the hands and it's a very elegant watch with great finishings. I only regret one point: I would have prefered a handwind caliber. Here is a pic I took: ...
Do you think the issuance of non-limited version
of Chronometre Royal which differs only in terms of colour of "12" will have negative effect on collection value of the Limited version?
