Entirely paved with diamonds totaling approximately 4.8 carats —minimum guaranteed—, Vacheron Constantin presents the Traditionnelle Moon Phase watch in 18K white gold that has been subtly redesigned to ensure optimal elegance and harmoniously balanced shapes. The Traditionnelle Moon Phase watch reveals the lunar display through the prism of virtuoso jewelry skills. Entirely paved with diamonds, this bejeweled version of the existing model has been subtly redesigned to ensure perfectly proportioned shapes.
The dial features a snow-setting technique composed of 548 diamonds in ten different diameters ranging from 0.7 to 1.5 mm. The diamonds are randomly placed to achieve a striking effect as if melting seamlessly into the light. In addition to the paving technique, which requires the skilled and experienced gem setter to master the available space, the additional difficulty is to successfully bypass the moon phase, follow the curve of the power-reserve indication and integrate the white gold hour-markers. The small seconds counter features 38 diamonds rimmed by 24 stones to enhance legibility.
The gem setting continues with 225 round-cut diamonds adorning the 18K white gold case —measuring 37.5 mm in diameter and 10.2 mm in thickness—, the bezel, case middle, lugs, and crown.
As a means of giving depth to the jewelry aesthetic, the designers chose to enhance the rigorous discipline of prong setting and the effervescence of snow setting with two night blue touches. A tinted mother-of-pearl inlay serves as a 40-hour power-reserve indicator, while the moon phases —standing out on a star-studded disc and in the same gold hue as the case with an opaline finish— appear through an aperture between 8 and 9 o'clock.
The Vacheron Constantin Traditionnelle Moon Phase is powered by the in-house manual wound calibre 1410 AS which displays a high-precision moon phase on a star-studded blue disc and requires no correction in 122 years. This same night blue hue is echoed by the mother-of-pearl inlay used to indicate the power reserve and by the interchangeable strap. The 175-part movement provides a power reserve of 40 hours and is certified with the Poinçon de Genève.
Elegance and refinement are expressed all the way to the night blue satin-effect alligator leather strap —interchangeable at the touch of a button and tool-free— which is fitted with an 18K white gold pin buckle set with 21 round-cut diamonds.
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