{"product_id":"ヴァシュロン-コンスタンタン-将校用-オフィサー-ハーフハンター-デミハンター-vacheron-constantin","title":"VACHERON CONSTANTIN Half Hunter 18K Solid Gold cal.VC 426 \/ 1930s","description":"\u003cp\u003e— Why the half hunter was chosen —\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the 1930s, as the pocket watch gave way to the wristwatch, the half hunter was a special form born for gentlemen of standing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA construction that protects the glass with a cover while letting the time be read quickly through a window was ideal for bankers, lawyers and diplomats who wanted to avoid any wasted movement in a meeting or a social setting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the same time, showing the beauty of a solid gold case on the outside made it strongly favoured by men of property and old families who valued formality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEven at the end of the pocket watch era, there were those who would not let go of tradition and wanted both elegance of manner and real usefulness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe half hunter existed to answer exactly that desire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e— A quiet mechanism in 9.75 lignes —\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe movement, Cal. VC 426, embodies the ideal of the small, fine calibre that Vacheron Constantin pursued through the 1930s and 40s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWithin a modest 9.75-ligne diameter sit a distinctive stepped bridge construction and a projecting balance cock, with classical aesthetics and working accuracy quietly coexisting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe layout of the train is finely judged, the bevelling and the blued screws carry the hand of a craftsman of the period, and the calibre served as a staging point that refined the plainness of its predecessor, the Cal.409.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe core of the design thinking later carried into the Cal.P453\/3B is concentrated in this small mechanism: here is the source of the quiet accuracy Vacheron kept hold of through changing times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e— A small artwork that sits in the palm —\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFancy lugs, added later by a watchmaker whose name is now lost, carry into the modern wrist the dignified resonance of a pocket watch drawn from a gentleman's breast pocket.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe gold hunter case was made not only to protect the hour but for the special ritual of facing time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEven within Vacheron Constantin's nearly 270 years of history, an example that embodies classical aesthetics to this degree is rare.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e— A golden dance that inherits tradition —\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn enamel-like dial, beautiful as white porcelain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComposed Roman numerals and a small seconds at six speak for a value untouched by fashion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe half hunter design, which lets the time be checked through a central window, is an aristocratic playfulness in which usefulness and decorative beauty crystallise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e— Time spent alongside people of standing —\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo wear this watch is to share the luxurious time that aristocrats once loved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Maltese cross struck on the original 18k solid gold buckle is proof of outstanding quality, and an original crocodile strap brings out that dignity further.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe were told that a full official service by Vacheron Constantin would require every part to be made again from scratch, and so we chose not to restore it, in order to keep the breath of its own time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA timepiece loved across the decades, which will go on shining a deeper gold on the wrist of its next owner.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo book a visit to the WatchTender Ginza store, please use our reservation form.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vacheron Constantin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40678173048961,"sku":null,"price":2380000.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/4313\/6385\/files\/IMG_20260302_114948.jpg?v=1775472749","url":"https:\/\/watchtenderjapan.com\/en\/products\/%e3%83%b4%e3%82%a1%e3%82%b7%e3%83%a5%e3%83%ad%e3%83%b3-%e3%82%b3%e3%83%b3%e3%82%b9%e3%82%bf%e3%83%b3%e3%82%bf%e3%83%b3-%e5%b0%86%e6%a0%a1%e7%94%a8-%e3%82%aa%e3%83%95%e3%82%a3%e3%82%b5%e3%83%bc-%e3%83%8f%e3%83%bc%e3%83%95%e3%83%8f%e3%83%b3%e3%82%bf%e3%83%bc-%e3%83%87%e3%83%9f%e3%83%8f%e3%83%b3%e3%82%bf%e3%83%bc-vacheron-constantin","provider":"WatchTender","version":"1.0","type":"link"}