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Here, Pascal discusses
a point with Mike and Satchi:
Finally, we were
brought into the Display Room and were shown some of the current
timepieces that make Vacheron what it is today:
A Patrimony Explorer’s
Series watch in 18K YG, with hand-painted 35-coat enamel dial and moving
lower section:
Malte Tourbillon
Tonneau with open movement work:
Openworked Patrimony
Perpetual Calendar #43032
Mercator Double
Retrograde in WG:
Perpetual Calender
Openwork PW:
Malte Chronograph
Perpetual Calendar:
Les Complications
Calendar Power Reserve:
…and on my wrist:
Patrimony Grande
Taille:
…and on Saschi’s
wrist:
Malte Chronograph with
Cal 1141 HW movement:
…and on Clark:
…the amazing Openwork
Minute Repeater:
And finally, in honor of its 250th Anniversary, Vacheron Constantin
created four masterpieces not pictured here: the Jubile 1755 with the new
2475 movement; the Metiers d'Art (Cal 2460); the Saint-Grevais Tourbillon/
Perpetual Calendar (Cal 2250); and the Tour De L'Ile, a double-sided
16-complication masterpiece (Cal 2750) comprised of 834 components and
requiring over 10,000 hours of R&D, and which has recently been awarded
top prize in the Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Geneve. It is considered the
world's most complicated timepiece (stock photo):
With a pause in the VC
Boutique …
...well, some did more
than pause…
We gathered by the
vestibule…
(Roswitha, Jonathan,
Lisa, Chris, Colin, Maureen and Mike)…
And said our goodbyes
while Alec tried his charm on the lovely Ylva…
And so our holiday is
almost over, with one more day to go…
Many thanks to the
wonderful staffs of Parmigiani Fleurier and Vacheron Constantin for two
wonderful days of exploration, learning and fun!
(NOTE: Thursday
evening was our picnic with the AHCI independent watchmakers, which shall
be reported on in the near future by Ron DeCorte)
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