HOROLOGICAL PANTHEON
Two limited editions flaunting elegant personalities, certified by the Poinçon de Genève (Geneva Seal), combine the manufacture’s know-how and the talent of métiers d’art craftspeople.
Vacheron Constantin‘s watchmakers draw their inspiration from Hellenic mythology, in particular, Chronos, the father of Time, to center stage a fascinating creation. The Les Cabinotiers Le Temps Divin watch literally conjures up the Greek god. Its 45 mm-diameter case, carved in rose gold and adorned with finely-sculptured friezes, takes on the role of a temple to protect an exceptional caliber, the 1990. A white-gold-fashioned variation, also hand-engraved around the sides, invites to discover an equally-stylish alternative.
This manual-winding movement, which first appeared in the up-to-the-minute Maître Cabinotier retrograde armillary tourbillon in 2016, breathes life into the same features but, this time round, in a decisively more traditional scenography. During the 60-hour cycle of power reserve delivered by this sophisticated movement, assembled using some 299 components, its bi-axial regulating device nestling in two aluminum cages whirls. As a reminder, its cylindrical balance spring is inspired by the work of Jacques-Frédéric Houriet, who invented it back in 1814. The duo of hour and minute hands ticks over a semi-circle decorated with Roman numerals over this same period. Once they’ve completed their respective journey, each flicks back to zero and starts their relentless dance of time again. What’s more, the sapphire-crystal caseback catches the gaze with its visible geometric-patterned guilloché-engraved bridges and mainplate. This harmonious decor illustrates that a fine watchmaking piece is to be delighted in from every perspective, down to the tiniest detail.
