The meeting of two worlds: Haute Horlogerie and Haute Couture. Jewel replica watches have always represented social codes and customs. The new Vacheron Constantin Égérie moon phase watch is one of the precious “Belle Haute Horlogerie” tributes that the oldest watchmaker in the world wishes to give to women. This watch is part, together with the Automatic and Moon Phases models with diamond pavé, of the precious Égérie collection dedicated to the nymph Egeria, protagonist of Roman mythology. As early as the end of the 18th century, the Geneva-based Maison was making jewel timepieces that ladies used to wear, on long chatelaine chains, to enhance their garments. Among the oldest Vacheron Constantin models there is a yellow gold pocket watch or worn as a pendant (1838) which is characterized by the repetition of the quarter hours and by the small seconds off-center on the guilloché dial enriched with a floral engraving. .
What is immediately striking about this feminine timepiece is the decentralized design of the silvered opaline dial with pleated motif made, after several months of testing, with the tapestry technique. This process, carried out using a 1904 machine based on the pantograph principle, reproduces a miniature engraving starting from a large motif. A keen eye will also notice the diagonal made up of the replica Vacheron Constantin logo (between 7 and 9 o’clock) and the crown (between 1 and 2 o’clock) embellished, depending on the model, with a cabochon-cut moonstone or a cut diamond. to rose. The case, available in rose gold or steel, measures 37 millimeters in diameter by 10.08 millimeters thick. It is framed by a bezel set with 58 round cut diamonds (approx. 1 carat). The dial features a circular pearly minuterie, Arabic numerals in rose gold / white gold and gold moons that timidly emerge in a starry sky behind mother-of-pearl clouds protected by a pink gold / white gold ring with 36 round-cut diamonds (approx. 10 carat). Its beating mechanical heart is the automatic manufacture caliber 1088 L (164 components, 28,800 vibrations / hour, hours, minutes, seconds, moon phases and approximately 40 hours of power reserve). Through the transparent sapphire crystal case back, you can see the hand-crafted Côtes de Genève movement and the finely skeletonized 22-karat gold oscillating weight inspired by the shape of the Maltese cross, symbol of the Maison. Waterproof up to 30 meters, the new Vacheron Constantin Égérie moon phase, the ideal wrist companion for modern, charismatic women and lovers of true luxury, is proposed with three interchangeable straps in Mississippi alligator leather (midnight blue, marron glacé satin effect, semi-opaque raspberry pink), each fitted with a pink gold pin buckle or with a sportier steel bracelet with triple-blade folding clasp with pushers.
