{"id":118578,"date":"2023-09-18T15:41:13","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T13:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/?p=118578"},"modified":"2023-09-18T15:41:13","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T13:41:13","slug":"vacheron-constantin-darwin-beagle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/en\/vacheron-constantin-darwin-beagle\/","title":{"rendered":"Vacheron Constantin celebrates Darwin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nature’s hour strikes with Vacheron Constantin<\/strong>. But not only. Because the four M\u00e9tiers d’Art limited editions are inspired by the scientific epic of the naturalists who embarked on the Beagle, the English brig that hosted Charles Darwin, who wrote The Voyage of the Beagle, at the beginning of 1830. A journey that changed the history of science and nature. The series comprises four horological tableaus, at the crossroads of science and art, miniature engraving and enamel masterpieces powered by the in-house caliber 1120 AT\/1 with satellite wandering hours.
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The four limited editions M\u00e9tiers d’Art<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nThis series is the sequel to the 1994 Mercator timepiece (homage to the mathematician, cartographer and geographer Gerardus Mercator), the M\u00e9tiers d’Art Homage to the Great Explorers series, the last examples of which were presented in 2021, and the M\u00e9tiers d’Art series les A\u00e9rostiers of 2018, created to commemorate the conquest of the skies. During the adventurous journey around the world, between 1831 and 1836, naturalists were able to observe fabulous plants
\nbright-leafed tropical plants, colorful birds of paradise, exotic butterflies, groves of flowering trees and fruit trees and a fascinating variety of animals.
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Working with enamel<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nTo create these new limited editions made up of ten pieces, Vacheron Constantin has chosen to combine two m\u00e9tiers: the master engraver, who creates the curves and depth effects of the decoration with precision to the tenth of a millimetre, and the master enameler, who uses fire and pigments. Four days of work are needed to bring to life the scenes that animate the 41 mm diameter white or rose gold case, whose silhouette, characterized by a very thin bezel and screwed lugs, is inspired by the watches produced by Vacheron Constantin over the years Eighties and nineties of the last century.
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Il calibro 1120 AT1 \u00e8 visibile attraverso il fondello in vetro zaffiro<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nOn the watches the ship is depicted returning to Europe, skirting the African coast near the Cape of Good Hope: the passage has been used by navigators since the end of the 15th century, and is visible in the enamel miniature of the maritime scene presented in the lower part of the dial. A landscape recalls that observed by naturalists when they stopped at the Cape of Good Hope. The delicate plumage of birds perched among the leaves is coordinated with the languid silhouette of an iguana: a naturalistic scene to be observed at the heart of the 41 mm diameter rose gold case. The caliber 1120 AT\/1 is visible through the sapphire crystal caseback. The strap is made of green Mississipiensis alligator leather and a rose gold folding clasp.
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Preparatory drawing<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nM\u00e9tiers d’Art Homage to naturalist explorers<\/strong>
\nReferences 7500U\/000G-B991: Cape Verde – 1
\n7500U\/000R-B992: Strait of Magellan – 2
\nCaliber 1120 AT\/1
\nDeveloped and produced by Vacheron Constantin
\nAutomatic mechanical
\n22 carat gold oscillating weight with tapisserie decoration
\n28mm (12 lines \u00f3) in diameter, 5.45mm thick
\nApproximately 40 hours of power reserve
\n2.75 Hz (19,800 vibrations\/hour)
\n205 components
\n36 rubies
\nTimepieces certified by the Hallmark of Geneva
\nContinuous display of hours and minutes
\nWhite gold\/rose gold case
\n41mm in diameter, 11.68mm thick
\nTransparent sapphire crystal case back
\nWaterproofness tested at a pressure of 3 bar (approximately 30 metres)
\nWhite gold dial, on two levels, miniature on Grand Feu enamel
\nHand engraved with gold application
\nStrap Dark blue Mississippiensis alligator leather with alligator lining, hand stitched,
\nstitched, large square scales
\nPin buckle in white gold\/rose gold
\nPolished half Maltese cross
\nLimited series consisting of ten timepieces per reference.
\nModels available exclusively in Vacheron Constantin boutiques.<\/p>\n

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Birds perched among the leaves on the clock face<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nature’s hour strikes with Vacheron Constantin. But not only. Because the four M\u00e9tiers d’Art limited editions are inspired by the scientific epic of the naturalists who embarked on the Beagle, the English brig that hosted Charles Darwin, who wrote The Voyage of the Beagle, at the beginning of 1830. A journey that changed the history of science and nature. The series comprises four horological tableaus, at the crossroads of science and art, miniature engraving and enamel masterpieces powered by the in-house caliber 1120 AT\/1 with satellite wandering hours. This series is the sequel to the 1994 Mercator timepiece (homage to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":118585,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10093],"tags":[15458],"class_list":["post-118578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-orologi","tag-orologi","style--link-1"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118578"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118586,"href":"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118578\/revisions\/118586"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}