Style -- 7 hours ago
Words: Violet
With the plethora of luxury watches available at present, selecting your next purchase can be a daunting prospect. Should you go for the technologically forward, sci-fi looking number, or the ultra-luxe diamond encrusted with emerald façade? Fashions are constantly changing, but one thing is for certain, “style, (as the late, great Yves Saint Laurent said), is eternal”. And here at The Gentleman’s Journal, we believe this to be especially true when it comes to your wrist-wear. You simply can’t go wrong with a simple brown leather strap and elegant gold-rimmed face; so it will come as no surprise that this stunning timepiece from Vacheron Constantin is high on our list of fail-safe investment pieces.
Horologists among you will be all too close to drooling over the complications the Patrimony Traditionnelle Calibre 2253 has to offer. It includes an in house manufactured tourbillon movement with perpetual calendar and, perhaps most exciting of all, the equation of time; the purpose of which is to indicate the difference in minutes between the variable solar time shown by a sundial and the constant mean time of clocks and watches. If that wasn’t enough to have you reaching for your wallet, it also has a stunning 44mm case in pink gold, flat silver dial and elegant 18kt white gold dial plate, whilst the transparent sapphire crystal case back allows a personal look into the inner workings of this watch, which plays host to an incredible 457 parts. Complete with exquisite dark brown alligator strap with folding clasp, it’s no wonder that production is limited to just a mere 10 pieces.
As one of the oldest watchmakers in the world and having been worn by Kings and Presidents alike, surely that alone makes it worth the investment? Despite the astounding technicality involved in the making and running of this watch, it is the simple elegance, however, that makes it so much more than just an investment. It’s a collector’s piece, and something to be passed down the generations for years to come, taking it from limited edition timepiece into the realms of family heirloom in just a matter of decades.
£POA and available here: vacheron-constantin.com
By Holly Macnaghten
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