Récits de Voyages
La Maison ofrece esta serie Récits de Voyages, que sigue los pasos de sus fundadores, como una odisea de la relojería a través del mundo y sus maravillas, aplicando la artesanía y el arte mecánico como formas de expresión.
Exploramos los secretos de Récits de Voyages
Del mismo modo que la colección Récits de Voyages se propone explorar el mundo, los artesanos y relojeros de Vacheron Constantin también han realizado atrevidos experimentos estéticos, combinándolos con potentes movimientos como el Calibre 2755 TMR de 471 componentes, que incorpora una repetición de minutos programable y un escape tourbillon, sin olvidar un indicador de reserva de marcha visible a través del fondo de zafiro de la caja.
Arquitectos de la belleza eterna
Los grabadores desempeñan un papel fundamental, tanto a la hora de trasladar la textura y los motivos figurativos a superficies metálicas de apenas milímetros de profundidad como de crear los canales para el esmalte champlevé, una tarea exigente realizada a mano en la que la cocción revelará el más mínimo error.
Encuentro entre acabado y función
Suntuosamente grabado, el movimiento Calibre 2755 TMR de cuerda manual combina la precisión horaria de un regulador de tourbillon con el encanto musical de un mecanismo de sonería programable, una de las complicaciones relojeras más delicadas. Todos los calibres Les Cabinotiers combinan la mecánica de alta precisión con detalles excepcionales acabados realizados a mano.
Les Cabinotiers – Récits de Voyages invita a descubrir el mundo y sus maravillas
Vacheron Constantin’s human adventure, which gives substance to artistic crafts, is enriched with Les Cabinotiers – Récits de Voyages, an imaginary horological odyssey to destinations representing the various historical stages in the expansion of the Maison. Each one-of-a-kind timepiece in the collection evokes the arts and cultures of the different continents visited by the Maison. This international expansion, which began in the early 19th century, also included China.
An aspirational travel destination for centuries, many artists visiting Asia chose to depict the traditional architecture of its temples and palaces. It was indeed depictions of Angkor Thom in Cambodia, the Temple of Confucius in Beijing and the former Chinese imperial Old Summer Palace, as depicted by so many 19th century artists, that served as models for the single-piece Les Cabinotiers – Memorable places edition. These timepieces pay tribute to the centuries-old ties with Asia that Vacheron Constantin has woven from Geneva.
Europe proved bountiful territory for Vacheron Constantin. France and Italy soon came to represent major commercial outlets for the founder's descendants, with ports such as Genoa and Livorno offering close contacts with merchant navies. From the beginning of the 19th century, the Maison gradually extended its reach to the main countries of Europe, to the point where, by 1850, its watches were already being sold throughout the continent. François Constantin was the architect of this expansion. Vacheron Constantin's Récits de Voyages echoes this masterful undertaking with the single-piece Les Cabinotiers Malte Tourbillon – Tribute to Haussmannian style edition.
Setting up its first representative office in New York as early as 1832, Vacheron Constantin was quick to identify the United States as a key market. The Maison’s watches soon met with success in booming cities such as Philadelphia and New Orleans. The cushion-shaped American 1921 watch, specifically created for the United States, in turn testifies to the buoyant mood of the Roaring Twenties, which brought a breath of fresh air to the nation.
Vacheron Constantin's relationship with the Middle East began in 1817 with Turkey. The proximity of these markets and the historical depth of these commercial relations form a chronology punctuated by exceptional creations from Vacheron Constantin. The design of Les Cabinotiers Minute Repeater Tourbillon – Tribute to arabesque watch is devoted to the architectural wealth of the Muslim world with its pointed arches, domes and mashrabiyas. The motifs chosen to decorate this watch were modelled on those of the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi, in which arabesque and floral patterns are omnipresent.
El arte del dominio del tiempo a través de mecanismos excepcionales e ingeniosos
