{"id":34085,"date":"2019-07-12T12:51:30","date_gmt":"2019-07-12T10:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/?p=34085"},"modified":"2019-07-23T12:53:31","modified_gmt":"2019-07-23T10:53:31","slug":"focus-vacheron-constantin-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/nouveaute-en-n-en\/focus-2\/focus-vacheron-constantin-3.html","title":{"rendered":"Focus: Vacheron Constantin"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><strong>Patrimony perpetual calendar ultra-thin <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>CASE :<\/strong> 18K 5N pink gold, sapphire caseback, waterresistant to 30m<\/p>\n<p><strong>SIZE :<\/strong> 41mm, 8.9mm thick<\/p>\n<p><strong>MOVEMENT :<\/strong> mechanical self-winding Vacheron Constantin Caliber 1120 QP, 19,800 vph, 40h power reserve<\/p>\n<p><strong>FUNCTIONS :<\/strong> hours, minutes, perpetual calendar (day, date, month, leap year) moon phases<\/p>\n<p><strong>DIAL :<\/strong> midnight blue, sunburst satin-brushed, applied hour-markers in 18K 5N pink gold<\/p>\n<p><strong>STRAP :<\/strong> midnight blue Mississipiensis alligator leather with leather lining, 18K 5N pink gold folding clasp shaped like a half Maltese cross<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Calendar rhapsody in blue<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>At the SIHH last January,<\/strong> Vacheron Constantin introduced a midnight blue colour into in a trio of Patrimony models and the new perpetual calendar is part of this lineage. It offers aesthetes a more contemporary alternative to the existing ultra-thin Patrimony perpetual calendar versions, in pink gold with white or anthracite dial, or belonging to the Excellence Platine line. The midnight blue dedicated to the collection features a sunburst satin-brush that lights up the dial unanimously acclaimed for its aesthetic harmony and readability. Positioned in a pyramid-style layout, the three counters for the day, date and month can be read at a glance and the eye can then glide over the moon, whose golden hue matches the red gold of the case, hour-markers and hands. The relative sobriety of the dial should not eclipse the technical prowess of the perpetual calendar \u2013 providing a mechanical solution to an astronomical problem \u2013 especially since the movement must be housed in a case less than 9mm thick. Vacheron Constantin\u2019s first perpetual calendar dates back to an 1883 pocket watch. Since then, the Manufacture has constantly improved and miniaturized its movements. Concentrated within a thickness of just 4.05mm, the 1120 QP in-house caliber is able to handle calendar information without any need for correction until 2100.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patrimony perpetual calendar ultra-thin CASE : 18K 5N pink gold, sapphire caseback, waterresistant to 30m [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":34082,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[80],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34085"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34085"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34085\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34086,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34085\/revisions\/34086"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}