NATURAL DISTINCTION

The manufacture welcomes a new limited-series-issued member which stands out with an elegant presentation of its functions to its highly-select club dedicated to collectors.

The Patrimony Moon Phase Retrograde Date, unveiled in two variations, one in grey gold, the other in rose gold, joins the Collection Excellence Platine . Since 2006, this Vacheron Constantin-signed range has been welcoming timepieces designed as limited editions. Their particularity? They all boast a dial, a case, a crown and a strap clasp fashioned in 950 platinum. This precious metal is therefore omnipresent in this reference. In addition to the fine baton-style hour and minute hands, a blued hand hovers over a graduated semi-circular scale set between 9 and 3 oclock featuring odd date numerals. At 6 oclock, the age and cycle of our satellite are revealed by a crescent moon-shaped aperture. Its mechanism is so accurate it only needs a one-day adjustment every 122 years.

All the time data is driven by the 2460R31L caliber. This self-winding movement, combining 275 components, nestles in a 42.5 mm-diameter, 9.7 mm-thick case. Once fully wound, it delivers a minimum 40 hours power reserve. To ensure perfect ease-of-use, all the settings of this cutting-edge engineering masterpiece are adjusted ever-so simply via the crown.

The 50 pieces of this Patrimony Moon Phase Retrograde Date just like all the models in the Collection Excellence Platine are complemented by a blue alligator strap. The manufactures excellence has once again been acknowledged as seen by the presence of the Hallmark of Geneva (Poin?on de Geneve).

Price: EUR72,500

By Dan Diaconu