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The rheumatic infections touch each day, to differing degree, million people throughout the world. The attacks of the hand in particular, quiz `they are D `origin degenerative (osteoarthritis) or associated the disease of the rheumatism, can be particularly invalidating for the clock and watch makers and the craftsmen of clock *** manufactures like that of Vacheron Constantin. Rheumasearch is a foundation created in 2007 whose name is consisted of the contraction of the terms Rheumatology and Research. L `objective of this foundation is to support clinical and fundamental research carried out in the service of rheumatology of the Teaching hospitals of Geneva and the laboratory of Rheumatology of the Faculty of Medicine of Geneva. Sensitive to this useful cause, Vacheron Constantin decided D `to help financially just at the end of the year 2010, the research projects in rheumatology supported by the Rheumasearch Foundation. With more than 250 years D `uninterrupted activity, Vacheron Constantin can put forward a single inheritance which remains an absolute reference in L `universe of the High Clock industry. Older manufacture in the world without interruption D `activity since 1755, the men and the women of Vacheron Constantin, since always, concentrated on manufacture and the consolidation D `a tradition D `aesthetic excellence as well technical the best witnesses are their chronometers whose completions with the hand are D `an exceptional quality.This intact artisanal approach, Vacheron Constantin cultivates it with the daily news***, putting L accent on the essential role of the gesture of L craftsman, L experiment of the "expert hand", the know-how of L it is a clock and watch maker, designer, engineer, engraver, enameller. Through them, remain within L undertaken, of generations in generations, the finest clock *** traditions of Geneva. This essential transmission of know-how, Vacheron Constantin L maintains and L accompanies by human values of solidarity, D `humanism and of passion. C `is within this framework that manufacture Vacheron Constantin chose to support the Rheumasearch Foundation, in order to warn the rheumatic infectious diseases which can touch to differing degree his/her collaborators – people of the trades of L `clock industry – and in particular its many clock and watch makers and craftsmen. The rheumatology is the medical discipline which deals with in a not-surgical way all the problems of the locomotors system, such as the degenerative attacks or osteoarthritis, the problems of the spinal column (evils of back), the muscular attacks, tendons problems and ligaments, and inflammatory or immunological diseases. They belong to the first causes of chronic disease and D disability. Contrary to a generally accepted idea, the rheumatologic diseases often touch the young subject although their frequency increases with L age. Osteoarthritis is a degenerative disease which touches the cartilage as a whole then L articulation. L osteoarthritis is extremely frequent at the old subject. However, approximately 1/3 of the 40 year old individuals also suffer D osteoarthritis. The degenerative attacks of the spinal column are also frequent and are associated pains, generally of the lumbar area. Approximately 80% of the subjects will have at least an episode of lumbar pains in their life. These pains can have important consequences on the quality of life and the capacity of work.

Since the early days of my watch addiction (I admit), I am a sucker for the designs of Gerald Genta in the 1970s. Most of the time, I neglect the Vacheron and drool on pictures of ‘his’ Patek Philippe Nautilus, Audemars Piguet Royal Oak and IWC Ingenieur SL.I always found it hard to get proper information and pictures of the Vacheron Constantin ’222′, nowadays known as the Vacheron Constantin Overseas. The ’222′ was the last icon that Gerald Genta designed in the 1970s, just one year after the Patek Philippe Nautilus 3700 and . However, yesterday I stumbled across the website, a Vacheron Constantin (where did the ‘et’ go?) discussion forum.Below a great picture of the Big Four (not to mix up with the accountancy firms):The Big Four by Gerald GentaIn this picture you see the ‘Jumbo’ versions of the Ingenieur SL, Royal Oak, Nautilus and ’222′. The in 1977 introduced ’222′ was limited to 500 pieces in stainless steel, 100 in gold and 120 in gold/steel combination. These watches were delivered in a nice leather box and included a money clip in the shape of the watch case.The movement in the ’222′ is the VC 1120, based on the Jeager LeCoultre caliber 920 movement (but never used it in their own watches). The Royal Oak and the Nautilus also used iteration of this movement.Anyway, to cut a long story short, I finally found a great article on the internet about the Vacheron Constantin ’222′, written by Leonardo of the . You can find the article by clicking . Someone should make a PDF of this article, just for safe keeping!As this Bucherer ad says, ‘Live the Legacy’ and get yourself a Gerald Genta watch! Live the LegacyThere is a gold version of the ’222′ currently up for sale at , from Italy in great condition (dates 1980) and will cost you 13.800 Euros. I don’t think the stainless steel version will go for very much less, in similar condition.