Artistic crafts were integrated at a very early stage into the watchmaking world as an essential complement to mechanical expertise. Among these different techniques, the art of gem-setting, represented by Jewellery pieces quickly became inseparable from Vacheron Constantin creations.

The 1910s saw the emergence of new shapes and new ideas, particularly among women, with watches corresponding to the desire for elegance and emancipation pervading this era. This timepiece reflects this trend, notably thanks to the miniaturisation endeavours undertaken on new watch movements such as this RA 8’’’ calibre housed in this model.

Carved from a kilo of gold ingot and set with 118 emerald-cut diamonds of great purity totalling 130 carats, the original Kallista watch, is one of watchmaking's most dazzling creations. It took more than 6,000 hours of work to cut and assemble the hundred or so diamonds. This masterpiece incorporates a Manufacture movement, calibre 1052, considered as one of the world’s thinnest in its category at the time.