Vacheron Constantin timepieces come in all shapes and forms and at times featuring multiple complications. The Vacheron Constantin Les Cabinotiers Minute Repeater Tourbillon we have here combines two incredible complications in a generous 44 mm white gold case with an astonishing hand-painted enamel dial and sporting an elegant dark blue alligator strap. Its finely tuned minute repeating mechanism is gloriously accompanied by the beat of its tourbillon mechanism with carriage in the shape of a Maltese cross.

For three centuries, Vacheron Constantin has perpetuated the tradition of “Les Cabinotiers”, the name was originally given to the prestigious watchmakers who exercised their art in light-filled workshops located on the top floors of Geneva buildings. Exceptional bespoke timepieces were devised at the time, brimming with a rare degree of technical and aesthetic complexity, inspired by astronomy, science, and art. Today, Vacheron Constantin continues this tradition to create highly technical and incredibly creative timepieces, offering one-of-a-kind watches, as well as specially commissioned bespoke timepieces.

Devoted to highlighting the tourbillon opening at 6 o'clock with its mirror-polished carriage in the shape of a Maltese cross —Vacheron Constantin's emblem— with running seconds hand in 18K white gold, the backdrop of the Vacheron Constantin Les Cabinotiers Minute Repeater Tourbillon we have here is a night scene like no other. Moving clouds, flying swallows and a full moon slightly hidden behind the clouds, is the perfect setting for the tourbillon opening at 6 o’clock.

The Vacheron Constantin Les Cabinotiers Minute Repeater Tourbillon is fitted with a display case back that helps amplify the sound from the minute repeater mechanism and that allows for one to contemplate the exquisitely finished manual wound movement powering this watch. This 40-jewel in-house movement calibre 2755 TMR is composed of 507 parts to provide a power reserve of 58 hours when fully wound while beating at a frequency of 18,000 vph.

With a minute repeater chime that is as good as it gets in terms of duration, rhythm, volume, pitch, harmony, and equilibrium, this is for sure one of our favorite minute repeaters out there. A unique piece that only the masters at "Les Cabinotiers” from Vacheron Constantin could create.

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