VACHERON CONSTANTIN Les Historiques "Tour de l'Île" ref.48100/3 cal.1190 / 18K White Gold

— A witness of time, and a Geneva legacy —

Vacheron Constantin.

Handed down without a break for more than 260 years, it can fairly be called Geneva's watch history itself.

The world's oldest manufacture, keeping to a strict tradition.

— A name written into the Historiques collection —

A watch from the 1990s "Les Historiques" collection.

It is given the name "Tour de l'Île."

The name comes from the Vacheron workshop that existed from 1844 to 1875 — an emblematic title joining the memory of the past to the present.

Its teardrop lugs, sometimes called cat's feet, draw an elegant outline in soft curves.

— Concentrated compositional beauty —

A restrained 31.5mm diameter.

Within that small circle, many layers of expression are concentrated.

A sandblasted ivory dial receives light softly and draws a calm face.

A power reserve toward twelve, a calendar toward six.

Both carry guilloché on their inner rings, creating quiet shadow.

An index arrangement in Arabic numerals is exceptionally unusual and marks a rhythm of its own.

— A quiet working, spun by a golden mechanism —

Seen through the sapphire crystal is the automatic movement Cal. VC 1190.

A very luxurious specification using 21k gold across the whole rotor.

Finishing that meets the strict standard of the Geneva Seal is a crystallisation of beauty beyond the realm of craft.

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