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Vacheron Constantin Patrimony Contemporaine Self-Winding (85180/000R-9166)

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Vacheron Constantin Overseas Dual Time (47450/000W-9511)

I bought this watch and it's great, especially for the price and with real gold so expensive these days, it's a wonderful alternative. The spare link was really easy to take out and it fit perfect without the extra link. Nice and chunky. Goes with everything!

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Vacheron Constantin Traditionnelle Diamond Pave Dial Men's Watch 81576/V03G-9823

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The Patrimony collection in a celebration of the woman's watch
- Feminine creations vitalise the Patrimony Contemporaine and Patrimony Traditionnelle lines.
- An exceptional tribute to fine jewellery, with a dial set entirely in baguette diamonds, demonstrates the brand's mastery of the art.
- These new watches are all stamped with the Hallmark of Geneva.
The Patrimony collection is custodian to the true horological tradition and is thus part of Vacheron Constantin's genetic make-up. The unvaryingly round cases express the enduring classic style in a renewed testimony to the Vacheron Constantin's heritage. The innate elegance of these timepieces is distilled from centuries of expertise, today with the investiture of the Geneva hallmark.
While the Patrimony Contemporaine watches embrace the present, the Patrimony Traditionnelle models lay claim, as their name suggests, to a classic style in keeping with watchmaking's historical legacy. Finally, the Patrimony High Jewellery timepiece is a reminder that the craftsmen of fine watchmaking can unite their talents with the most skilful jewellers.
Patrimony Contemporaine Lady gold bracelet
The eternal circle. The Patrimony Contemporaine presents its ever-round cases with an understatement that has become a byword in the upper echelons of watchmaking. Timeless, yet in the spirit of the times, the collection this year hosts a lady's watch with a diameter of 36mm. Two versions give free consent to the marriage between style and technique. In the new design, the clean lines of the case are softened by the warmth of pink gold, which goes admirably with the complexion of both models.

The first crowns an opaline silver-toned dial framed by a bezel circled with round diamonds. The original, diamond-set minutes scale is another feature that ties the watch to the spirit of the times. The fine applied hour markers and slender hands for the hours and minutes are curved to follow the external curve of the dial. The central seconds hand sweeps over diamonds and gold while the date display at 6 o'clock sets the finishing touch to a demonstration of harmony and balance. Urbane elegance extends to a pink gold bracelet with links that gently hold the wrist. The case's display back gives a superb view of the mechanical self-winding calibre 2450 movement that was developed and built in Vacheron Constantin's workshops.
The second version, paved with almost 800 diamonds, pays a further tribute to the Maison's expertise in jewellery. The gems take over the entire surface of the dial and invade the bezel and the outside of the bracelet. The proprietary calibre 2460 shows off its exceptional workmanship through the display back.
These two Patrimony Contemporaine models comply with the new requirements of the Hallmark of Geneva (Poinçon de Geneve). Institutionalised by the parliament of the Republic and Canton of Geneva in 1886, the hallmark is an umbrella guarantee of provenance, workmanship, durability and skill. Once independent, this unmatched label of quality was thoroughly overhauled in 2011. The certification no longer applies to just the movement, but now to the watch as a whole. This is a major milestone for this hallmark of authenticity that has long had Vacheron Constantin's support in its endeavour to meet the real expectations of ever more discerning customers.

Patrimony Traditionnelle Lady manual-winding
The new Patrimony Traditionnelle pays a glowing tribute to women. Following the true watchmaking tradition, it brings to notice a conventional style with a timeless appeal, particularly to the most demanding clients seeking an authentic watch with a heritage. They will also appreciate the fine workmanship of a watch meeting the norms of the new Hallmark of Geneva that now applies to the entire finished watch rather than to its movement only.

Cut from pink or white gold, the slender case of the new Patrimony Traditionnelle for women is accentuated in its new diameter of 33 mm. A bezel set with 54 round-cut diamonds provides the illumination for the style markers of this collection: the minute track painted in brown or grey, applied hour markers and Dauphine hands made from solid gold circling over an opaline silvertoned dial. A strap made of Alligator mississippiensis, in midnight blue or taupe, signs off a watch that has left nothing to chance.
The high-grade mechanical manual-winding movement, c alibre 1400, bearing the prestigious Hallmark of Geneva is the true reflection of a genuinely artistic approach. The finish of this movement is done entirely by hand following a tradition passed down through the generations since 1755 and according to the most exacting rules of the art of watchmaking. The flat surfaces are adorned with Côtes de Geneve (Geneva stripes) and the sharp edges chamfered and polished, even on the heads and slots of each screw. There can be no truer expression of the watchmaker's art.

Patrimony Traditionnelle High Jewellery
Should yet another testimony to Vacheron Constantin's skills in orchestrating the crafts of artistic watchmaking be needed, the new jewellery model in the Patrimony collection is the obvious candidate. Its 35 mm diameter stages an extraordinary spectacle of light. A dazzling 16.2-carat flooring of claw-set baguette diamonds makes time go on forever. This model also comes in a 40 mm dial.

Case, dial and clasp: not a speck of white gold is unpaved by diamonds. The round-cut stones radiate from the centre of the face in increasing circles to cover its entire surface. The effect is truly mesmerising.
The watchmaker takes up the gem-setter's challenge. The calibre 1400, of proven renown, has to reside in this glittering palace. The mechanical manual-winding movement is visible through the sapphire-crystal caseback. The finish of this movement is done entirely by hand following a tradition passed down through the generations since 1755 and according to the most exacting rules of the art of watchmaking. The flat surfaces are adorned with Côtes de Geneve and the sharp edges chamfered and polished, even on the heads and slots of each screw. There can be no truer expression of the watchmaker's art.
There must be no exceptions for such an exceptional watch. The Patrimony Traditionnelle High Jewellery can thus boast the prestigious Hallmark of Geneva. Institutionalised by the parliament of the Republic and Canton of Geneva in 1886, the hallmark is an umbrella guarantee of provenance, workmanship, durability and skill. Once independent, this unmatched label of quality was thoroughly overhauled in 2011. The certification no longer applies to just the movement, but now to the watch as a whole. This is a major milestone for this hallmark of authenticity that has long had Vacheron Constantin's support.

May 29th 2009
Geneva's small world of horological certifications is witnessing a major reshuffle. Within the next few days, the activities of the local Official Watch Rating Centre (Bureau Officiel de Contrôle de la marche des montres (BO) of the Swiss Official Chronometer Testing institute (COSC) are to be regrouped with those of the Geneva Seal under a single roof - that of the Laboratoire d'horlogerie et de microtechnique de Geneve (LHMG). The latter will also house a new competence centre, a kind of research and development laboratory capable of responding to all kinds of specific demands from the industry.

The new LHMG, to be headed by the newly appointed Patrick Jaton, currently director of the COSC's official rating centre in Geneva, will be overseen by a private foundation. Its board, which has not yet been officially convened, was appointed just a few days ago by the Geneva State Council. Michel Ramuz, former managing director of the administrative and financial services of the Department of Public Instruction (DIP), has been approached to serve as chairman of the board. The Foundation intends to keep in close touch with the Geneva watch industry by reserving three out of nine seats for its representatives: Steven Haefeli, Manufacturing Director of Vacheron Constantin; Philippe Bentele, Production Manager of Rolex; and Daniel Bolognesi, head of the watch department at Chopard.

The craft-industry organisation of the Geneva Seal

Although the new law behind this upheaval was approved by the Geneva Grand Council in December 2008, everything had so far been very low-key. The State Council's decision to make these changes was based on several factors, including the significant increase in recent years of the number of watch movements submitted for testing. Currently no less than 320,000 watch movements per year are handled by the COSC's Geneva rating centre; and 100,000 are awarded the Geneva Seal authority. Moreover, in listing its reasons, the State Council also points out that "the current craft-industry organisation of the Geneva Seal, essentially based on the limited availability of two teachers in the Geneva Watchmaking School" and thus only during the latter's opening hours. The terse conclusion of the Council's statement specified that "there is no suitable financial management system suited to the Geneva Seal activity. The management structure does not match current production levels and requirements."

A laboratory more in touch with the industry

A drastic change was thus required, and the resulting transformation is certainly pretty radical. The first consequence is that the Geneva Seal office is to leave the premises of the CEPTA-School of Watchmaking, Electronics and Computer Science, to which it was historically attached. Secondly, the COSC's Geneva centre, also overseen by the DIP, will also join the LHMG. And a third area will be developed within a competence centre designed to respond to specific projects, such as the certification of sports measurement devices, which does not exist to date. "It's a service to the profession", says Michel Ramuz. "We have received requests from sports umbrella organisations such as ski and equestrian federations, which are seeking to establish this kind of certification." The Watchmaking School, the Vocational Training Schools and the Universities of Applied Science of Geneva will also play an active role in the work of these three divisions, which are expected to be self-financing (the Poinçon de Geneve has a current turnover of 400,000 Swiss francs, compared with 1.6 million for the COSC Geneva rating centre) without any state funding or allowances.

2.35 million-franc capital
While it does not yet have an official legal domicile, the Foundation that will govern the LHMG will be capitalised by the state to the amount of 2.35 million francs. Three of the Foundation's board members appointed on Tuesday May 26th are representatives of the DIP (Michel Ramuz, Daniel Favre, the current director of the Watchmaking School, and Chairman of the Geneva Seal committee; as well as Daniel Dubois, a teacher at the University of Applied Science); two of them (Irina Sakharova Quitt and Stephane Schweizer) are from the Geneva State Department of Economy and Health; one of them is from the Geneva State Finance Department (Jean-Paul Pangallo); and the remaining three mentioned earlier in this article represent the Geneva watchmaking industry via the Union of watchmaking Manufacturers of the Geneva, Vaud and Valais cantons. All these people are due to meet for the first time during the week of June 1st in order to ratify the notarial deeds establishing the Foundation.