LES CABINOTIERS
Les Royaumes Aquatiques
Virtually unexplored and filled with mysterious creatures, the sea has always been a source of fascination and inspiration to artists. Les Cabinotiers has chosen to honour the wonders from the depths, with the theme "Les Royaumes Aquatiques®" (the kingdoms of the sea).
Dive into a tribute to the seven seas and their accompanying mythology.
Métiers d'Art
Exploring the depths of
Les Royaumes Aquatiques
In tribute to the history of seafaring as a driver of horological innovation, each piece draws on marine-related legends and creatures, combining narrative richness with swashbuckling mechanics. For instance, the 471-component movement of the Flying Dutchman is a manual-winding grand complication calibre, while the Seahorse reference features an extra-slim self-winding tourbillon.
Decorative Arts
Layers of expertise
Vacheron Constantin is proud to keep highly technical decorative arts in house, adding savoir-faire with each generation and ensuring that and-engraving, guillochage, enamellwork and gem-setting are harmoniously integrated in these mechanical and pictorial sculptures.
Tribute to the Ocean’s Majesty
Maritime legend meets technical mastery
Les Royaumes Aquatiques pays homage to the Ocean’s leading role in scientific exploration and legend with technical movements and spectacular enamelwork. The 471-component minute repeater and tourbillon Calibre 2755 TMR of the Flying Dutchman is certainly worthy of the Netherlands’ golden age mariners, while the ultra-thin self-winding Calibre 2160 delivers elegance and comfort, as well as an impressive 80-hour power reserve.
Focus
A tribute to the world of
the sea and its accompanying mythology.
Les Cabinotiers Minute Repeater Tourbillon – Flying Dutchman is a watch inspired by this legend of the seas dating back to the 17th century. The strikingly realistic dial of this unique timepiece offers a spectral vision of the ghost ship, plunging through the waves in the middle of a storm. With the sea raging and the waves threatening, lightning streaking across a full moon sky, the stage is set for a dramatic vision of this vessel.
The turtle, which is thought to have appeared 200 million years ago, is both a marine emblem and a reminder of the slow evolution of species on Earth. "Les Royaumes Aquatiques®", the topic chosen in 2022 by Vacheron Constantin for its unique Les Cabinotiers timepieces, could not ignore this very special animal as a source of inspiration. The green turtle, an endangered herbivore weighing around one hundred kilos with its over one-metre shell, was chosen to enliven the watch dial. The animal glides gracefully amid a maritime setting adorned with plants and coral.
Among the "Les Royaumes Aquatiques®" assortment, the figurative theme chosen in 2022 by Vacheron Constantin for its unique Les Cabinotiers pieces, the seahorse holds a prominent place. A mysterious animal, armored like an insect and with a prehensile tail like a monkey, it swims only vertically, head and horse-like snout forward. It is in the seabed, among seaweed fields and other Posidonia meadows, that it is found in its natural habitat, precisely where Vacheron Constantin decided to represent it on the dial of its Les Cabinotiers Tourbillon Joaillerie - Hippocampe watch.
Singular Achievements
The art of mastering time through exceptional and ingenious mechanisms
