Showing at WatchTime Live 2020: Vacheron Constantin Traditionnelle Tourbillon Chronograph
With its new Traditionnelle Tourbillon Chronograph, the haute horlogerie specialists at Vacheron Constantin unite two of watchmaking’s most sophisticated mechanisms ? a tourbillon and a monopusher chronograph ? in a distinctly elegant package. The watch will be among the highlights from 24 presenting watch brands at the all-virtual WatchTime Live event on October 22-24. Here is a sneak preview.
Instantly eye-catching at 12 o’clock on the watch’s silvered opaline dial is the tourbillon, with its hallmark Maltese cross-inspired carriage. The movement mode for this carriage, rather than being driven by the pinion of the fourth wheel as in most tourbillons, is set in motion by an intermediate wheel of the running seconds display. This configuration enables an extremely wide opening on the upper plate and thus an uncommonly large aperture on the dial. Sharing space on the dial are a 45-minute chronograph counter at 3 o’clock and an indicator for its 65-hour power reserve at 6 o’clock. The chronograph mechanism ? operated by a monopusher embedded in the fluted crown for stop, start, and restart ? is equipped with an “all-or-nothing” activation system that prevents accidental activation by applying insufficient pressure to the pusher. Bordering the dial are a railway track minute ring and a tachymeter scale; sweeping over it are gold Dauphine hands.
Behind the sapphire exhibition back of the 42.5-mm rose gold case is Caliber...
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