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The M\u00e9tiers d\u2019Art cultivated by the Manufacture serve as bridges spanning successive eras, by perpetuating sometimes neglected crafts with ancient origins. More specifically, the timepieces in the M\u00e9tiers d\u2019Art collection lie at the crossroads of past, present and future, and crystallise the human challenges that have forged and continue to nurture these skills from generation to generation. <br \/><br \/>Painting, engraving, sculpture and the decorative arts in general are worlds through which human talent and personality weave close ties with time. The Vacheron Constantin M\u00e9tiers d\u2019Art collection conveys the brand\u2019s deep-felt attachment to culture. The \u201cM\u00e9tiers d\u2019Art \u2013 Les Masques\u201d timepieces launched in partnership with the Barbier-Mueller Museum, as well as the \u201cM\u00e9tiers d\u2019Art \u2013 Chagall &amp; L\u2019Op\u00e9ra de Paris\u201d and \u201cM\u00e9tiers d\u2019Art \u2013 La Symbolique des Laques\u201d series, all made their own contribution to a vision of time that requires the human touch in order to shine. <br \/><br \/>Offering a fresh illustration of this subtle alchemy, the \u201cM\u00e9tiers d\u2019Art \u2013 Les Univers Infinis\u201d series was also born from a determination to pay tribute to creativity, and lends Fine Watchmaking a whole new face that is both graphic and contemporary, stemming from a blend of mathematics and aesthetics. <br \/>Inspired by the periodic paving technique known as \u201ctessellation\u201d \u2013 and in particular by the work of Dutch artist Maurits Cornelis Escher \u2013 the \u201cM\u00e9tiers d\u2019Art \u2013 Les Univers Infinis\u201d collection embodies several artistic arts exercised within the Manufacture: enamelling, gemsetting, engraving and guilloch\u00e9 work. <br \/><br \/>The dials reflect a sense of geometry, symbolism and motion, thereby suggesting an infinite juxtaposition of different universes. <br \/>Meticulous work has been effected on the colour shades so that the various hues are harmoniously combined so as to enable the themes to intersect without superseding each other. The rendering is exceptional and elicits a wealth of emotions, with the traditional crafts applied to watch exteriors serving to reinterpret the selective paving technique and create an incredibly mesmerising effect.<br \/><br \/><strong>Calibre 2460, a mechanical self-winding movement <\/strong><br \/><br \/>At the heart of these three timepieces beats Calibre 2460, a mechanical self-winding movement bearing the prestigious Hallmark of Geneva. Entirely developed and crafted by Vacheron Constantin, it boasts exceptional reliability matched by excellent manual finishing in keeping with the grand Geneva Fine Watchmaking traditions. The polished angles, hand-drawn flanks, circular-grained mainplate, bridges adorned with a C\u00f4tes de Gen\u00e8ve motif and the oscillating weight featuring the elegant crossweave guilloch\u00e9 pattern, are all visible through the sapphire crystal case-back.<br \/><br \/><strong>Shell watch: engraving and champlev\u00e9 enamelling<\/strong><br \/><br \/>Shells and starfish form a luminous ochre-tinged seabed swept over by slender light skeletonised hands. The interlocking shells and starfish stage a fascinating dance which, depending on the light, showcases various details of their anatomy.<br \/><br \/>Crafted using engraving and champlev\u00e9 enamelling techniques, the dial of this \u201cM\u00e9tiers d\u2019Art \u2013 Les Univers Infinis\u201d watch is inspired by the work of the artist Maurits Cornelis Escher. <br \/><br \/>First of all, the engraver traces the shapes of the shells on the dial using a drypoint and then hollows out the fields or cavities while protecting their outlines in order to create a relief engraving using this champlev\u00e9 technique.<br \/><br \/>Then comes the turn of the enameller, who fills the cavities with enamels before firing them several times at a temperature of 800\u00b0 to 850\u00b0C. Several firings are required to complete this work, which is perfected by lapping-polishing and glazing-varnishing. The engraver sets the final touch by engraving the surface of the starfish. 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Brand  :	Vacheron Constantin
Collection  :	Métiers d'Art
Model  :	Les Univers Infinis
Reference  :	86222/000G-9685
Nber of pieces :	20
Complement :	Shell Watch
Year :	2012
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• Brand  :	Vacheron Constantin
  Collection  :	Métiers d'Art
  Model  :	Les Univers Infinis
  Reference  :	86222/000G-9685
  Nber of pieces :	20
  Complement :	Shell Watch
  Year :	2012
  Is not commercialised any more
  List Price :	On request
  Diameter :	40 mm
  Thickness :	8.90 mm
  Styles :	Atypical High Horology
  Types :	Self-winding
  Calibre :	2460 SC
  Calibre distinction :	Hallmark of Geneva Côtes de Genève Circular Graining
  Case material :	White Gold
  Case peculiarity :	Sapphire caseback
  Shape :	Round
  Water-resistance :	30 meters
  Dial :	Gold Hand engraved Champlevé enamel Grand Feu enamel Hand engraved
  Dial color :	Silver Gold-plated Blue Off-white Ochre
  Display :	Skeleton hands
  Indexes :	Baton-type
  Glass :	Sapphire
  Strap material :	Alligator leather
  Strap color :	Black
  Strap clasp :	Pin buckle
  + More characteristics :	Movement Caliber 2460 SC. developed and manufactured by Vacheron Constantin Diameter 26.20 mm (11’’’ ¼ ) Thickness: 3.60 mm Number of jewels: 27 Frequency: 4Hz (28.800 vibrations/hour) Number of components: 182 Power reserve: approx. 40 hours Case in 18K white gold Dial in 18K gold Black Mississippiensis alligator strap. large square scales. hand-stiched. saddle-finish 18K white gold buckle Polished half Maltese cross

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• Métiers d’Art - Les Univers Infinis
  
  A new vision of time and art
  
  • The latest addition to the Métiers d’Art collection: a subtle blend of graphic art and decorative techniques in Fine Watchmaking
  • An exceptional alliance between the artistic crafts cultivated by the Manufacture Vacheron Constantin: engraving, enamelling, gemsetting and guilloché work
  • A tribute to the graphic expression of the tessellations concept, with three models inspired by the work of the Dutch artist Maurits Cornelis Escher
  • A mechanical self-winding movement,  entirely developed and crafted by Vacheron Constantin, approved in accordance with the new Hallmark of Geneva criteria.
  
  For over 250 years, Vacheron Constantin has been nurtured by a philosophy dedicated to highlighting our shared cultural heritage. The Métiers d’Art cultivated by the Manufacture serve as bridges spanning successive eras, by perpetuating sometimes neglected crafts with ancient origins. More specifically, the timepieces in the Métiers d’Art collection lie at the crossroads of past, present and future, and crystallise the human challenges that have forged and continue to nurture these skills from generation to generation.
  
  Painting, engraving, sculpture and the decorative arts in general are worlds through which human talent and personality weave close ties with time. The Vacheron Constantin Métiers d’Art collection conveys the brand’s deep-felt attachment to culture. The “Métiers d’Art – Les Masques” timepieces launched in partnership with the Barbier-Mueller Museum, as well as the “Métiers d’Art – Chagall & L’Opéra de Paris” and “Métiers d’Art – La Symbolique des Laques” series, all made their own contribution to a vision of time that requires the human touch in order to shine.
  
  Offering a fresh illustration of this subtle alchemy, the “Métiers d’Art – Les Univers Infinis” series was also born from a determination to pay tribute to creativity, and lends Fine Watchmaking a whole new face that is both graphic and contemporary, stemming from a blend of mathematics and aesthetics.
  Inspired by the periodic paving technique known as “tessellation” – and in particular by the work of Dutch artist Maurits Cornelis Escher – the “Métiers d’Art – Les Univers Infinis” collection embodies several artistic arts exercised within the Manufacture: enamelling, gemsetting, engraving and guilloché work.
  
  The dials reflect a sense of geometry, symbolism and motion, thereby suggesting an infinite juxtaposition of different universes.
  Meticulous work has been effected on the colour shades so that the various hues are harmoniously combined so as to enable the themes to intersect without superseding each other. The rendering is exceptional and elicits a wealth of emotions, with the traditional crafts applied to watch exteriors serving to reinterpret the selective paving technique and create an incredibly mesmerising effect.
  
  Calibre 2460, a mechanical self-winding movement
  
  At the heart of these three timepieces beats Calibre 2460, a mechanical self-winding movement bearing the prestigious Hallmark of Geneva. Entirely developed and crafted by Vacheron Constantin, it boasts exceptional reliability matched by excellent manual finishing in keeping with the grand Geneva Fine Watchmaking traditions. The polished angles, hand-drawn flanks, circular-grained mainplate, bridges adorned with a Côtes de Genève motif and the oscillating weight featuring the elegant crossweave guilloché pattern, are all visible through the sapphire crystal case-back.
  
  Shell watch: engraving and champlevé enamelling
  
  Shells and starfish form a luminous ochre-tinged seabed swept over by slender light skeletonised hands. The interlocking shells and starfish stage a fascinating dance which, depending on the light, showcases various details of their anatomy.
  
  Crafted using engraving and champlevé enamelling techniques, the dial of this “Métiers d’Art – Les Univers Infinis” watch is inspired by the work of the artist Maurits Cornelis Escher.
  
  First of all, the engraver traces the shapes of the shells on the dial using a drypoint and then hollows out the fields or cavities while protecting their outlines in order to create a relief engraving using this champlevé technique.
  
  Then comes the turn of the enameller, who fills the cavities with enamels before firing them several times at a temperature of 800° to 850°C. Several firings are required to complete this work, which is perfected by lapping-polishing and glazing-varnishing. The engraver sets the final touch by engraving the surface of the starfish. The champlevé enamelling technique calls for excellent mutual understanding and cooperation between the two artisans and which will strongly influence the final result, since any discordance could jeopardise their joint work.
  
  Art of tessellation: mastering space
  
  Born in the mists of time, the art of tessellation – or paving – has been cultivated by numerous civilisations and oriental cultures. Named after the Latin word tessela, meaning paving stone or tile, tessellations are small interlocking squares that form a motif which occupies the entire space of a picture without leaving any gaps. It was doubtless the Moors who raised this technique to an authentic art form in the period stretching from 700 to 1500 AD, since the Islamic religion forbade them from representing human beings and any real objects. Over the centuries, these motifs appeared on pottery, tapestries, mats, wooden and tinted glass sculptures, among other media.
  
  The art of tessellation has also been a source of interest for mathematicians, who have viewed it as an artistic expression of their science and their logic. Such scholars include Archimedes, the famous Greek scientist form the 1st century BC, who studied geometrical paving; as well as the astronomer Johannes Kleper, who presented a certain number of polygonal tessellations in his work entitled Harmonice Mundi. One of the most famous contemporary exponents of this art is Maurits Cornelis Escher, whose work shed light on and gave shape to various abstract mathematical concepts.
  
  Maurits Cornelis Escher: artistic geometry
  
  Dutch graphic artist and engraver Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1872) based his work upon subtle plays on architecture, perspective and space. Admirably associating perfect execution and imagination, he was a past master of the art of toying with visual senses and even reason in order to invent new spatial representations and worlds that exist only on flat surfaces.
  
  His travels to Spain instilled in him a passion for the paving technique of which he saw some remarkable examples in the Moorish tiles of the Alhambra in Grenada, and the Cordoba Mosque. Mosaics and their symmetry show how a surface may be divided and filled with similarly shaped figures, contiguously positioned so as to leave no gaps. This approach encouraged Maurits Cornelis Escher to interpret, describe and exhaustively classify the various ways of juxtaposing motifs. This empirical work delighted and impressed scientists, especially crystallography specialists and physicists. Comprising a strong mathematical element, his work lies on the borderline between art and science. For the artist, the possibility of replacing the abstract geometrical shapes of the motifs by figurative designs became a genuine passion and an infinite source of inspiration.