News As part of Watches & Wonders, the first event of its kind to be held in Hong Kong from September 25th to 28th 2013, Vacheron Constantin offers a tuneful and luminous experimental route presenting some of the finest striking watches from its legacy. This encounter marks the brand’s determination to present a particular facet of its uninterrupted activity since 1755.
Visitors to the exhibition will be able to discover, among other things, an 1812 red gold quarter-repeater pocket watch with a guilloché dial testifying to this longstanding tradition. Each of the exhibition showcase will provide an opportunity to take a closer look at the mysteries of a rare horological complication much sought-after by well-known collectors.
The advent of the wristwatch in the 20th century led watchmakers to seek and find ingenious ways of miniaturising striking mechanisms in order to meet the demands of smaller and slimmer cases. This quest gave rise to spectacular feats of ultimate finesse, such as this 1955 minute repeater model equipped with a calibre measuring less than 3.28 mm thick. Other ultra-thin timepieces housing a number of complications were to follow, each expressing pure and exquisite beauty – as is admirably embodied in this exhibition by a minute repeater featuring a movement entirely openworked and decorated by hand.
September 09, 2013
