vacheron constantin 1264c

Vacheron Constantin a name synonymous with class, elegance and luxury watches have gone ahead and introduced a new series of "Les Masques" timepieces which will join the brand's Metiers d'Art watch collection. As the name suggest the 4 watches are heavily inspired from the primordial masks from Mexico, Japan, Gabon, and Papua New Guinea. What also sets them apart is the painstaking creation of each mask which demanded approximately 100 hours. Each masks brings its own feel to the watches like the Japan mask emanates gentleness and serenity while the Mexico mask is believed to be a piece of the chimney of an ?incense burner?, this fragment is not so much a ?mask? as an extremely sensitive portrait. The miniature masks appear upon a transparent sapphire crystal, which reveals the underlying watch mechanism; a poem by French writer Michel Butor has been engraved in a pattern which encircles the mask.

Time will stand still at the SIHH when Vacheron Constantin will unveil its Malte Tourbillon Regulator. Offered in 18 kt gold and platinum, this perfectly balanced tonneau case packs a manual-winding caliber 1790R. It has 27 jewels, beating at 18,000 bph and a power reserve of 40 hours. Some of the exceptional finishing operations on the 1790R movement can only be done by hand, particularly in the case of the bar, which takes 11 hours to hand-finish. Measuring a 40mm X 50mm, the crystal is sapphire.