DAZZLING VERTIGO
No superlative is powerful enough to describe the beauty of this exceptional timepiece, whose explosion of diamonds uniquely highlights the rhythmic dance of the poetic regulator.
The Geneva-based Manufacture has chosen to bewitch all those who set eyes on its new work combining the art of watchmaking with the splendor of jewelry, the rhythmic ballet of the tourbillon with the fire of gems. Awarded the prestigious Poinçon de Genève, the exceptional Traditionnelle tourbillon haute joaillerie presented a few weeks ago by Vacheron Constantin is of rare beauty.
The case middle, lugs, crown and bezel of the white gold case, which measures 41mm in diameter and is 12.46mm thin, are covered with a precious mantle of around 160 baguette-cut diamonds, whose geometric rigor contrasts with the roundness of the watch.
This dazzling case houses the caliber 2160, a 2.5hz automatic movement whose engraved gold peripheral weight and gearwheels can be admired through the sapphire crystal adorning the caseback. Providing an 80-hour power reserve when fully wound, it drives the central dauphine-style hour and minute hands and the seconds on the tourbillon cage.
The poetic regulator, embodied by an openworked Maltese cross, the symbol of Vacheron Constantin, is displayed through a circular opening on the dial. From its spinning rhythm emanates a vertiginous ripple of nearly 160 precious stones, also baguette-cut, like a luminous wave hitting the flange to also cover it with diamonds. The Traditionnelle tourbillon haute joaillerie is secured to the wrist by two strands of large-scaled dark grey alligator leather finished with a set white gold folding clasp.
