VACHERON CONSTANTIN – TRADITIONNELLE Complete Calendar Platinum Edition

VACHERON CONSTANTIN – TRADITIONNELLE Complete Calendar Platinum 41mm Limited Edition

Pre-SIHH 2018

Collection Excellence Platine

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•  Precision moon phase
•  Case, dial and folding clasp in 950 platinum
•  100-piece individually numbered limited edition

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The Collection Excellence Platine from Vacheron Constantin highlights an ageless star of the mechanical watchmaking scene: the complete calendar. Equipped with an in-house calibre, this classically elegant new Traditionnelle watch is crafted in platinum right the way through to the stitching of its strap. An exclusive series of 100 individually numbered pieces.

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Since 2006, through its Collection Excellence Platine concept, Vacheron Constantin has been offering collectors exceptional watches, ranging from the simplest to the most complex and issued in limited editions.

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The aesthetic signature of this prestigious range is the 950 platinum attiring the case, the sand-blasted dial bearing the secret “Pt950” inscription between 4 and 5 o’clock, the folding clasp and even the topstitching on the dark blue alligator leather strap. For the pre-SIHH 2018, an eminently useful and refined horological complication – the complete calendar – adopts the understated elegance of the Traditionnelle range, magnified by the precious metal.

Purity and legibility

This new Traditionnelle complete calendar watch features all the attributes of its proud lineage. A contemporary expression of the grand Geneva watchmaking tradition, conveyed through a palette of horological complications in a classical design. An “Etagé” case and lugs, a fluted case-back, a railway-type minute track, Dauphine-type hours and minutes hands, as well as “bâtons de Genève” hour-markers: the aesthetic codes of the Traditionnelle collection are all clearly present, complemented by the aura of exclusivity conveyed by the Excellence Platine signature.

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Punctuated by gold bi-facetted hands and hour-markers, the pure display makes a perfect match with the blue Arabic numerals gracing the date and other calendar indications, while the platinum moon disc sets the seal on the unique nature of this model. The visual equilibrium and legibility of the dial are accentuated by the unusual arrangement of the day and month apertures, placed around the dial periphery, while the date is indicated by a slender blue central hand.

Rarity and precision

Water-resistant to 30 metres, the 41 mm-diameter case of the Traditionnelle complete calendar Collection Excellence Platine houses the 308 components of Calibre 2460 QCL, a mechanical self-winding movement entirely developed and manufactured by Vacheron Constantin.

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Equipped with a 22 carats gold oscillating weight, it beats at the frequency of 4 Hz and ensures a 40-hour power reserve while driving the central hours, minutes and seconds, complete calendar (day, date and month), precision moon phase and age of the moon. The remarkably accurate moon-phase indication requires just one adjustment every 122 years (compared with three years for a simple moon phase).

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Finally, this exceptional watch crafted in a 100-piece limited edition, is fitted with a dark blue alligator leather strap, hand-stitched with 950 platinum and silk thread and secured by a polished half Maltese cross-shaped folding clasp in 950 platinum.

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TECHNICAL DATA

TRADITIONNELLE Complete Calendar

Collection Excellence Platine

Reference 4010T/000P-B345
Hallmark of Geneva certified timepiece

Movement

Calibre 2460 QCL
Developed and manufactured by Vacheron Constantin
Mechanical, self-winding
29 mm (11¼’’’) diameter
5.4 mm thick
Approximately 40 hours of power reserve
4 Hz (28,800 vibrations/hour)
308 components
27 jewels
Indications

• Heures, minutes
• Central seconds
• Complete calendar (day, date, month)
• Precision moon phase
• Age of the moon

Case
950 platinum
41 mm diameter, 10.72 mm thick
Transparent sapphire crystal caseback
Water-resistance tested at a pressure of 3 bar (approx.
30 meters)
Dial
950 platinum
Sand-blasted
“Pt950” hallmark between 4 and 5 o’clock
18K white gold applied hour-markers and Maltese cross
Platinum moon phase disc
Strap
Dark blue Mississippiensis alligator leather with alligator leather inner shell,
hand-stitched with platinum 950 and silk, saddle-finish, large square scales
Buckle
Platinum 950 folding clasp
Polished half Maltese cross-shaped

Limited edition of 100 individually numbered pieces “N°X/100” engraved on caseback

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Glashutte Original – SENATOR Cosmopolite Steel

Glashütte Original – SENATOR Cosmopolite Steel 44mm

Baselworld 2018

Minimalist World Traveler

This timepiece is at home all over the world: thanks to its sophisticated time zone mechanism, since its premiere in 2015 the watch has provided genuinely borderless precision.

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In 2018 Glashütte Original presents the sequel to this success story; the new Senator Cosmopolite debuts in stainless steel and with a minimalistic design. It is the ideal companion for all who travel frequently or maintain international contacts – and of course for all friends of the renowned German art of watchmaking.

Design: reduced to the essential

The origin of this mechanical masterpiece is unmistakable: the latest interpretation of the “Cosmopolitan” is executed in the characteristically clear style of Glashütte Original, and is presented here with a particularly contemporary look and feel. Dark blue and white form the predominant impression, with black detail providing visual accents. The clear design also makes reading the individual displays a pleasure.

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The 44-mm stainless steel case features both satin-brushed and brilliantly polished surfaces. Dark blue printed Arabic minute numerals and blue appliques are set off against the matte white lacquered dial. A small second at 6 o'clock and the Panorama Date at 4 o'clock complement blued central minute and hour hands. The separate home time display at 12 o'clock is combined with an exceptionally helpful day/night indicator and a power reserve indicator. The two auxiliary dials are circumscribed by a slim, brilliant silver ring.

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At 8 o'clock two narrow display windows fit snugly into the curve of the dial and present the destination as an IATA international airport code in one of three colours, and separate displays for Daylight Saving and Standard Time.

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Positioned at 9 o'clock is the newly designed day/night indicator with a small sun and stylised night sky. The elegant appearance of this timepiece is enhanced and completed by a dark blue Louisiana alligator leather strap with pin buckle or fold-over clasp.

The Complication: All the time in the world

The displays of the Senator Cosmopolite have been designed for easy legibility, but the mechanism behind them is complex. In developing it, the Glashütte engineers have enriched the product line with a complication as ambitious as it is contemporary – while placing particular emphasis on ease of use.

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With the Senator Cosmopolite one can set the time in two time zones at once, without the wearer having to think twice about it. A time zone ring offers a selection of the 36 world time zones currently in use. Each of them is displayed using an official IATA location code representing an international airport in the relevant time zone.

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Not all time zones are offset from the Greenwich Mean Time reference time in intervals of one hour: for this reason, the 24 time zones that do show a full-hour deviation are indicated using a black IATA code; a further nine time zones with half-hour offsets are shown in blue, and the remaining three IATA codes appear in red.

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The two windows at 8 o'clock allow the wearer to set summer and standard time (Daylight Saving Time – DST / Standard Time – STD); an easily read Day/Night indicator for both home and destination offers additional orientation. Any necessary adjustments of the date while traveling forwards or back in time are handled by the movement's intricate mechanics.

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Setting the displays could not be simpler: the home time can be set using a crown at 2 o'clock, and the current time zone is selected using the crown at 8 o'clock. When traveling east (forward in time), one turns the crown at 4 o'clock clockwise until the IATA code for the destination time zone appears in the corresponding DST or STD window. When traveling west (back in time) one turns the crown counter-clockwise. In both cases the central hour and minute hands shift forwards or back in 15-minute steps, so that the IATA code for the destination time zone can be seen in the DST or STD window.

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At this point the traveller needs to make no further changes: the central hour and minute hands indicate the correct time at the destination, enhanced by the correct day/night indication at 9 o'clock – and by the correct date at the destination. If, when setting the destination time, one advances past midnight, the Panorama Date shows the corresponding change of date, backwards or forwards as the case may be.

The Movement: Path breaking technology – Made in Glashütte

The intelligent mechanics are hidden within the 4 Hertz manufactory Calibre 89-02, provided with energy by an off-centre rotor. Its power reserve is a minimum of 72 hours.

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The regulator-free regulating system with swan-neck spring can be adjusted using the four tiny screws on the balance wheel, which ensures a high degree of rate precision.


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The finely finished surfaces and numerous details of the automatic movement with its typical Glashütte three-quarter plate can be observed through the anti-reflective sapphire crystal case back.

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Technical details

Collection : SENATOR

 

Model: Cosmopolite Stainless Steel 

Models with Louisiana Alligator leather strap blue

Reference:
REF. 1-89-02-03-02-01 - stainless steel buckle, 18 mm
REF. 1-89-02-03-02-30 - stainless steel fold fastener std., 18 mm
REF. 1-89-02-03-02-50 - stainless steel short fold fastener, 18 mm

Case

Diameter: Ø 42 mm

Height: 12.8 mm

Material:  stainless steel

Waterproof up to: 5 bar

Glass: sapphire crystal, both sides anti-reflective

Bottom: sapphire crystal

Dial

Varnish matt white, appliques and, Arabic numerals blue

Ø display: 38.8 mm,

Hands: blue

Movement

Automatic movement,

CALIBRE 89-02

Dimensions: Ø 39.2 mm, height 8 mm 
Balance: screw balance with 4 regulation screws gold 14 ct

Oscillating frequency: 28,800 vph, equivalent to 4 Hz

Power reserve: 72 Stunden

Balance spring: Anachron

Shock protection: Incabloc

Jewels: 63 jewel 

 

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Additional details: 
Automatic movement, home time with hour and minute (off-centre), destination time
zone with hour and minute (central), 36 time zones incl. ½ h and ¾ h differences,
daylight saving time/standard time, small second (off-centre), second stop, Panorama
Date, day/night indicator (home time), day/night display (destination time zone), power
reserve display, exquisitely finished movement, polished steel parts, polished/blued
screws, three-quarter plate with Glashütte stripe finish, bevelled edges, skeletonized
rotor with 21-ct gold oscillation weight, adjustment of rate by adjustment screws, fine
adjustment of rate symmetry by swan-neck spring

Strap

Louisiana Alligator leather strap blue AW682020325

Width: 21/18 mm

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