Métiers dʼArt

Art has always gone hand in hand with watchmaking. Manufacturing a watch is not only about precisely setting the movement and decorating its components, the process also involves the highly-skilled art of decorating the case and dial. Collectors with refined taste will doubtlessly appreciate the Vacheron Constantin Métiers d’Art collection launched in 2004.

Watches in the Métiers d’Art collection, with their meticulously hand-decorated cases and dials, are often a homage to important historical inventions and discoveries, such as hot-air balloons and Nicolaus Copernicus’s Celestial Spheres, or to cultural phenomena, such as the Chinese zodiac. Truly artistic jewels, these pieces take hundreds of hours of painstaking hand work and are produced in extremely limited editions

 

Something more…

The brand with the Maltese Cross in its logo has something even more exclusive to offer: the most demanding among its clients turn to the Les Cabinotiers service, which is almost entirely independent of the rest of the brand’s production. The raison d’être of Les Cabinotiers is to create highly original timepieces, custom made for each individual customer. In this special service, unique pieces are crafted and destined only for the eyes and the wrist of their owner.

Collection highlight

The extremely demanding production process significantly limits the number of timepieces produced within this collection. When a theme is defined, several motives that oscillate around it are designed and the watches are often offered for sale as a collection. For instance, the exquisite Les Aérostiers limited edition includes five watches commemorating the five flights made by the very first hot air balloons in history. The dial of each piece is amazingly decorated with a montgolfière that seems to be magically floating above the backdrop of the landscape, these come in five different colour schemes for which the traditional technique of plique-à-jour enamelling was used. Light is able to pass through the enamel, creating a stunning stained-glass window effect. 

Vacheron Constantin - Métiers d'Art Les Aérostiers

 

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