Monochrome Monday: Vacheron Constantin Harmony Collection Debuts at SIHH 2015


The Vacheron Constantin Harmony Chronograph Caliber 3300

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Not that the other editions are not desirable – of course, an ultra-thin split-second chrono is a real pleasure – but this Vacheron Constantin Harmony Chronograph Caliber 3300 should be regarded as the most rational, wearable option. First of all, it gets rid of the old Caliber 1141, based on a Lemania movement. Instead, it contains an entirely new monopusher movement (we love monopushers here at Monochrome Watches), Caliber 3300. Endowed with a 65-hour power reserve, this monopusher chronograph movement adopts the classic architecture of the new chronograph movements presented by Vacheron to mark its 260th anniversary, while benefiting from modern production technologies.

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It comes with a gold engraved cock-bridge, a column wheel (with Maltese Cross in the middle) and handsome finishes, as it comes with Hallmark of Geneva certification. It displays the hours, minutes, small seconds at 9 o’clock, along with a monopusher chronograph function and its 45-minute sub-counter, a pulsometric scale and a power-reserve indication. In tribute to the 1928 model and to historical medical watches, it bears a pulsometric graduation painted in deep red around the rim of the dial and intended to calculate the pulse on a 30-beat scale.

The case is made of 18K 5N rose gold and measures 42 mm x 52 mm and 12.81 mm thick. It is delivered with a brown alligator strap. The Vacheron Constantin Harmony Chronograph Caliber 3300 is limited to 260 pieces.

The Vacheron Constantin Harmony Dual Time Caliber 2460DT

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The smallest and most affordable edition of the Vacheron Constantin harmony collection shouldn’t be regarded as the ugly duckling, even though it is the only edition not to bear a chronograph function. Instead it comes with some of the most practical indications: a second time zone and a night-and-day indicator. Caliber 2460DT incorporates a safe and useful innovation, as all settings may be done by the crown in both directions, without any risk of damaging the mechanism. This caliber comprises a special stop seconds device ensuring a more accurate time display.

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Like all the watches from the Vacheron Constantin Harmony collection, the Harmony Dual Time is certified by the Hallmark of Geneva and feature an oscillating weight adorned with a commemorative motif forming delicate scrolling patterns. Its movement boasts a 40-hour power reserve. Two masculine versions are available (alongside a feminine edition) in 18K white gold or 18K 5N rose gold, with a smaller case measuring a reasonable 40 mm x 49.3 mm x 11.43 mm thick. It is a limited edition of 625 pieces.

Prices for the Vacheron Constantin Harmony collection are to be revealed soon.

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