Quai de l'Ile Quantième Rétrograde Annuel

86040/000R-I0P29

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Quai de l'Ile Quantième Rétrograde Annuel

Brand  : Vacheron Constantin
Collection  : Quai de l'Ile
Model  : Quai de l'Ile Quantième Rétrograde Annuel
Reference  : 86040/000R-I0P29
Complement : Pink gold
On sale : 2011

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  • Brand  : Vacheron Constantin
    Collection  : Quai de l'Ile
    Model  : Quai de l'Ile Quantième Rétrograde Annuel
    Reference  : 86040/000R-I0P29
    Complement : Pink gold
    On sale : 2011
    List Price : 68 500 €
    Diameter : 43 mm
    Height : 54 mm
    Styles : Classical
    High Horology
    Types : Self-winding
    Calibre : Vacheron Constantin 2460 QRA
    Calibre distinction : Hallmark of Geneva
    Complication : Retrograde Date
    Stop second mechanism
    Small Seconds
    Astronomical Moon Phases
    Annual Calendar
    Case material : Pink gold
    Case peculiarity : Screwed-down caseback
    Sapphire caseback
    Shape : Cushion
    Water-resistance : 30 meters
    Dial : Satin-finish
    Dial color : White
    Opalescent
    Display : Luminescent hands
    Indexes : Baton-type
    Arabic numerals
    Glass : Sapphire
    Strap material : Alligator leather
    Strap color : Dark Brown
    Strap clasp : Triple folding buckle
    + More characteristics : Movement
    Developed and crafted by Vacheron Constantin
    27 jewels
    236 parts
    Frequency :
    28 800 vibrations/hour (4Hz)
    Power reserve of 40 hours

    18-carat pink gold case

    Dial
    Soft vertical satin-finishing in the central zone
    Opaline external ring and day and date indication zones
    UV ink sun
    Chamfered hour-markers and counters
    Moon phase disk in matt ebony opaline metal and circular satin-finished moon figure

    Each model isdelivered with two straps :
    Brown hand-stitched. saddle-finished square-shape scales alligator Mississippiensis leather
    Brown natural rubber

    18K 5N pink gold folding clasp

DESCRIPTION

  • Personalisation, horological complexity and a new movement for the “Quai de l’Ile Retrograde Annual Calendar”

    The resolutely contemporary Quai de l’Ile collection launched by Vacheron Constantin in 2008 is now enriched with a Retrograde Annual Calendar model. This complication is revealed through the new Vacheron Constantin Calibre 2460 QRA and housed within a 43 mm case offering unique opportunities for personalisation.

    It made a significant impact in 2008 and will doubtless not go unnoticed in 2011. Resolutely contemporary and embodying as never before the concept of personalisation in the field of fine watchmaking, the Quai de l’Ile collection welcomes a new complication that is as useful as it is technical: the retrograde annual calendar. Clothed in pink or white gold – or both if the customer so wishes – this model with its dynamic lines houses a new mechanical self-winding complicated movement designed, developed and crafted by Vacheron Constantin: Calibre 2460 QRA, bearing the prestigious Hallmark of Geneva. This calibre incorporates two expressions of technical mastery: the annual calendar combined with a retrograde date display.

    A rare and extremely useful combination

    The annual calendar is undoubtedly one of the most useful complications, since it takes account of the essential calendar irregularities over a full year. Contrary to simple calendars programmed for 31-day months and requiring date corrections almost every two months, the mechanical programming of the annual calendar enables it to handle months of both 30 and 31 days. This means it requires adjustment just once a year in order to cope with the specific vagaries of the month of February. Already remarkable in its own right, this complication is associated in the new Quai de l’Ile model with a retrograde date display, an acknowledged Vacheron Constantin speciality.

    A new calibre

    The master-watchmakers and design engineers of Vacheron Cosntantin have conceived, developed and crafted the new Calibre 2460 QRA, complying with technical specifications that included the need to meet the high finishing and construction stipulations laid down by the Hallmark of Geneva regulations. The new 326-part Vacheron Constantin Calibre 2460 QRA drives the hours, minutes and small seconds at 9 o’clock, as well as the annual calendar with retrograde date display, months and a high-precision moon-phase indication requiring correction just once every 122 years. Equipped with a stop-seconds device to ensure precise time-setting, it is endowed with a 40-hour power reserve and a frequency of 4 Hz (28,800 vibrations per hour). This mechanical self-winding movement is equipped with an oscillating weight mounted on ceramic ball bearings and specially developed to match the spirit of the innovative Quai de l’Ile collection. Crafted in ruthenium-plated 22K gold, it is distinguished by its pure lines enhanced by five raised decorative fillets.

    A visibly modern character

    The contemporary character of the Quai de l’Ile collection is further reinforced by the case of the Retrograde Annual Calendar available in a new 43 mm size. Cushion-shaped and featuring a screwdown back fitted with a sapphire crystal pane, this original case is a contemporary reinterpretation of a classic watch shape. Like legendary cars that are endlessly redesigned to keep pace with style developments, the Quai de l’Ile case is a vivid expression of an avant-garde watchmaking concept, while remaining entirely in harmony with the stylistic spirit of Vacheron Constantin. Constantly in search of flowing shapes and visually perfect curves, as well as the boldly assertive character and dynamic lines of stealth-type objects, the Vacheron Constantin designers have pushed the limits of these territories in conceiving and designing this case that now symbolises the Vacheron Constantin personalisation concept.

    Time for personalisation

    Available in three versions in the standard collection (pink gold, white gold or two-tone pink and white gold), the Quai de l’Ile Retrograde Annual Calendar corresponds to another of the collection’s signature features: personalisation. The owner can personalise the model according to certain predefined principles, and this unique and unprecedented opportunity in the field of Haute Horlogerie is made possible by the original construction of the Quai de l’Ile case and its seven-part middle: lateral flanks at 3 and 9 o’clock, lugs at 12 and 6 o’clock, inter-lug pieces at 12 and 6 o’clock, and a support plate. In addition to these seven elements, the 43 mm-diameter case comprises the bezel, the back and the crown. Combined with certain dial elements, this construction enables Vacheron Constantin to offer its clientele 700 potential variations within the complete Quai de l’Ile collection.

    A new face

    The latest addition to the collection also offers new dial versions with satin-brushed/vertical finishing in the central zone and opaline finishing in the outer zone, as well as for the month and date indications. When launched in 2008, the Quai de l’Ile achieved a considerable impact through itsunprecedented association between the watchmaking world and the most secret and sophisticated “Security Printing” technologies. A powerful emblem of this original security system, the sun motif inspired by the clock tower of the Tour de l’Ile (next to the historic headquarters of Vacheron Constantin) is placed inside a disc printed in invisible ink and appears between 4 and 5 o’clock only under ultra-violet light.

    The Quai de l’Ile Retrograde Annual Calendar is delivered with two straps: one in black or brown alligator leather, and the other in black or brown rubber, secured by an 18K pink or white gold folding clasp.

    Resolutely modern in terms of its design and of the original concepts on which its unique personality is based, the new Quai de l’Ile Retrograde Annual Calendar merges perfect mastery of mechanical complexity with innovative design and an entirely original personalisation concept.

  • Personalisation, horological complexity and a new movement for the “Quai de l’Ile Retrograde Annual Calendar”

    The resolutely contemporary Quai de l’Ile collection launched by Vacheron Constantin in 2008 is now enriched with a Retrograde Annual Calendar model. This complication is revealed through the new Vacheron Constantin Calibre 2460 QRA and housed within a 43 mm case offering unique opportunities for personalisation.

    It made a significant impact in 2008 and will doubtless not go unnoticed in 2011. Resolutely contemporary and embodying as never before the concept of personalisation in the field of fine watchmaking, the Quai de l’Ile collection welcomes a new complication that is as useful as it is technical: the retrograde annual calendar. Clothed in pink or white gold – or both if the customer so wishes – this model with its dynamic lines houses a new mechanical self-winding complicated movement designed, developed and crafted by Vacheron Constantin: Calibre 2460 QRA, bearing the prestigious Hallmark of Geneva. This calibre incorporates two expressions of technical mastery: the annual calendar combined with a retrograde date display.

    A rare and extremely useful combination

    The annual calendar is undoubtedly one of the most useful complications, since it takes account of the essential calendar irregularities over a full year. Contrary to simple calendars programmed for 31-day months and requiring date corrections almost every two months, the mechanical programming of the annual calendar enables it to handle months of both 30 and 31 days. This means it requires adjustment just once a year in order to cope with the specific vagaries of the month of February. Already remarkable in its own right, this complication is associated in the new Quai de l’Ile model with a retrograde date display, an acknowledged Vacheron Constantin speciality.

    A new calibre

    The master-watchmakers and design engineers of Vacheron Cosntantin have conceived, developed and crafted the new Calibre 2460 QRA, complying with technical specifications that included the need to meet the high finishing and construction stipulations laid down by the Hallmark of Geneva regulations. The new 326-part Vacheron Constantin Calibre 2460 QRA drives the hours, minutes and small seconds at 9 o’clock, as well as the annual calendar with retrograde date display, months and a high-precision moon-phase indication requiring correction just once every 122 years. Equipped with a stop-seconds device to ensure precise time-setting, it is endowed with a 40-hour power reserve and a frequency of 4 Hz (28,800 vibrations per hour). This mechanical self-winding movement is equipped with an oscillating weight mounted on ceramic ball bearings and specially developed to match the spirit of the innovative Quai de l’Ile collection. Crafted in ruthenium-plated 22K gold, it is distinguished by its pure lines enhanced by five raised decorative fillets.

    A visibly modern character

    The contemporary character of the Quai de l’Ile collection is further reinforced by the case of the Retrograde Annual Calendar available in a new 43 mm size. Cushion-shaped and featuring a screwdown back fitted with a sapphire crystal pane, this original case is a contemporary reinterpretation of a classic watch shape. Like legendary cars that are endlessly redesigned to keep pace with style developments, the Quai de l’Ile case is a vivid expression of an avant-garde watchmaking concept, while remaining entirely in harmony with the stylistic spirit of Vacheron Constantin. Constantly in search of flowing shapes and visually perfect curves, as well as the boldly assertive character and dynamic lines of stealth-type objects, the Vacheron Constantin designers have pushed the limits of these territories in conceiving and designing this case that now symbolises the Vacheron Constantin personalisation concept.

    Time for personalisation

    Available in three versions in the standard collection (pink gold, white gold or two-tone pink and white gold), the Quai de l’Ile Retrograde Annual Calendar corresponds to another of the collection’s signature features: personalisation. The owner can personalise the model according to certain predefined principles, and this unique and unprecedented opportunity in the field of Haute Horlogerie is made possible by the original construction of the Quai de l’Ile case and its seven-part middle: lateral flanks at 3 and 9 o’clock, lugs at 12 and 6 o’clock, inter-lug pieces at 12 and 6 o’clock, and a support plate. In addition to these seven elements, the 43 mm-diameter case comprises the bezel, the back and the crown. Combined with certain dial elements, this construction enables Vacheron Constantin to offer its clientele 700 potential variations within the complete Quai de l’Ile collection.

    A new face

    The latest addition to the collection also offers new dial versions with satin-brushed/vertical finishing in the central zone and opaline finishing in the outer zone, as well as for the month and date indications. When launched in 2008, the Quai de l’Ile achieved a considerable impact through itsunprecedented association between the watchmaking world and the most secret and sophisticated “Security Printing” technologies. A powerful emblem of this original security system, the sun motif inspired by the clock tower of the Tour de l’Ile (next to the historic headquarters of Vacheron Constantin) is placed inside a disc printed in invisible ink and appears between 4 and 5 o’clock only under ultra-violet light.

    The Quai de l’Ile Retrograde Annual Calendar is delivered with two straps: one in black or brown alligator leather, and the other in black or brown rubber, secured by an 18K pink or white gold folding clasp.

    Resolutely modern in terms of its design and of the original concepts on which its unique personality is based, the new Quai de l’Ile Retrograde Annual Calendar merges perfect mastery of mechanical complexity with innovative design and an entirely original personalisation concept.

  • Brand  : Vacheron Constantin
    Collection  : Quai de l'Ile
    Model  : Quai de l'Ile Quantième Rétrograde Annuel
    Reference  : 86040/000R-I0P29
    Complement : Pink gold
    On sale : 2011
    List Price : 68 500 €
    Diameter : 43 mm
    Height : 54 mm
    Styles : Classical
    High Horology
    Types : Self-winding
    Calibre : Vacheron Constantin 2460 QRA
    Calibre distinction : Hallmark of Geneva
    Complication : Retrograde Date
    Stop second mechanism
    Small Seconds
    Astronomical Moon Phases
    Annual Calendar
    Case material : Pink gold
    Case peculiarity : Screwed-down caseback
    Sapphire caseback
    Shape : Cushion
    Water-resistance : 30 meters
    Dial : Satin-finish
    Dial color : White
    Opalescent
    Display : Luminescent hands
    Indexes : Baton-type
    Arabic numerals
    Glass : Sapphire
    Strap material : Alligator leather
    Strap color : Dark Brown
    Strap clasp : Triple folding buckle
    More characteristics : Movement
    Developed and crafted by Vacheron Constantin
    27 jewels
    236 parts
    Frequency :
    28 800 vibrations/hour (4Hz)
    Power reserve of 40 hours

    18-carat pink gold case

    Dial
    Soft vertical satin-finishing in the central zone
    Opaline external ring and day and date indication zones
    UV ink sun
    Chamfered hour-markers and counters
    Moon phase disk in matt ebony opaline metal and circular satin-finished moon figure

    Each model isdelivered with two straps :
    Brown hand-stitched. saddle-finished square-shape scales alligator Mississippiensis leather
    Brown natural rubber

    18K 5N pink gold folding clasp