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April 12th, 2010 – Three weeks after the opening of the first Vacheron Constantin boutique in India located in New Delhi, the world’s oldest Haute Horlogerie manufacture with 255 years of uninterrupted history unveils a new exclusive boutique in Riyadh. This boutique is the second in the Middle East after Dubai, and the very first [...]

“Every time an old man dies in Africa, it is as if a library has burnt down” Amadou Hampaté Bâ This foundation aims to testify to little-known cultures, and to provide international support for anthropological observatory missions, publications and lectures. Throughout its history stretching over more than 250 years, Vacheron Constantin has faithfully safeguarded the [...]

Vacheron Constantin «Quai de l’Ile» collection had been awarded «The Most Innovative Men’s Wristwatch Collection» title during the «Fashion Olymp – 2010» ceremony in Moscow. The international award ceremony «Fashion Olymp – 2010» took place on Thursday evening, 11 March, 2010 in The Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Moscow’s very heart of cultural and business activity, and was [...]

Three of the greatest complications in the most complete expression of the watchmaking arts and crafts practiced by Vacheron Constantin The Patrimony Traditionnelle “Calibre 2755” belongs to the super-complication category as a worthy heir of Vacheron Constantin’s 250th anniversary masterpiece and as the ultimate demonstration of its unequaled skills. In fact, this incomparable timepiece harbours three [...]

An encounter between Vacheron Constantin, which in 2005 marked 250 years of activity in Geneva, and Zôhiko, which will celebrate its 350th birthday in Kyoto in 2011… Together, more than 600 years of history. The incredible reaction to the Métiers d’Art – Les Masques collection born of the encounter between Vacheron Constantin and Geneva’s Barbier-Mueller Museum [...]

2009 started as a difficult year for everyone, but while established watch makers took the hits with dignity, younger brands where betting on their flexibility and agility to adapt to new economic realities. The Chinese ideograms for “crisis” is 危機, where 危 alone means “danger”, while 機 has also the meaning of “opportunity”. I’m looking [...]

The ultra-thin heritage Vacheron Constantin has chosen today to revive some of the finest moments in the quest for ultra-thinness. The Geneva-based manufacturer has indeed been closely involved in the epic milestones of this distinctive form of expertise, such as in the 1950s and 1960s when Vacheron Constantin introduced the world’s thinnest wristwatches. Today, Vacheron [...]

Geneva, Thursday October 29th 2009 – Just two years after being awarded the 2007 Watch of the Year Prize (for the Patrimony Contemporary Retrograde Date and Day model), Vacheron Constantin once again takes the top spot on the winner’s podium with the 2009 Watch of the Year Prize, this time for its ‘Historiques American 1921’ [...]

Preserving the best from each era and consistently capturing the signs of the times: such is the infinitely delicate responsibility of the designers, master-watchmakers, engineers and artisans of Vacheron Constantin, as they shape creations destined to generate emotions as enduring as those aroused by the discovery of the first pocket watch made by Jean-Marc Vacheron [...]

Following on from the ONLY WATCH 2009 auction held in Monaco yesterday evening, during which the one-off model from Vacheron Constantin went for the sum of 50,000 Euros, and with a view to providing a more lasting financial contribution to the Monaco Association against Muscular Dystrophy, Vacheron Constantin has decided to launch a special series [...]