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N E W M o d e l - Vacheron Constantin Fiftysix Tourbillon
Tue, 11 September 2018 13:24
Its September 11th 2018 launch at London's famous Abbey Road Studios is an opportunity for the Maison to announce an exclusive partnership with this legendary location in music history, where English song-artist Benjamin Clementine, one of the faces of the Maison's new advertising campaign, is giving a private concert to mark this occasion.
The style of the Fiftysix is a direct tribute to a watch created in 1956: reference 6073. The distinctive design of this model embodied the creativity of the company during the 1950s a period representing the golden age of watchmaking refinement, as well as the heyday of musical creativity. Round, slim and effortlessly elegant, reference 6073 is distinguished by its four lugs each representing a branch of the Maltese cross.
Technical Specifications:
The case, in 18kt rose gold, measures 41mm x 10.9mm. It has a box-type sapphire crystal, a sapphire display back, and it is water resistant to 30 meters.
Movement is the Swiss automatic Vacheron in-house caliber 2160 with 30 jewels, 18,000 vph and a power reserve of 80 hours. It is 6mm thick, and features a 22kt gold peripheral rotor and hand-chamfering. Functions are: hours, minutes and tourbillon. Hallmark of Geneva certified timepiece.
It has a silvered two-tone opaline dial with 18kt rose gold Arabic numerals and hour markers, highlighted with blue luminescent material. Lumed gold hands.
It comes on a brown Mississippiensis alligator leather strap with calf inner shell and tone-on-tone
stitching, square scales. 18kt rose gold folding clasp.
Available exclusively at Vacheron Constantin boutiques.
- Jorge Merino