Vacheron Constantin:
The epitome of classicism This 258-year-old Geneva watch company doesn’t consider the recent “Vintage” trend in its designs. In its view, why sell new creations that look like old ones? When a watchmaker considers a time period, the watch loses its timeless appeal. It becomes a trend, instead of a memorable item to be passed down through generations. “We have seen a comeback to a classic watch – classicism,” says Christian Selmoni, Artistic Director at Vacheron Constantin. “But it has to be contemporary, meaning that you have to adapt this classic look to the moment of now.” In the 1950s luxury watches usually measured 33 millimetres, but now they’ve expanded to an average of 40 to 42 millimetres. Vacheron Constantin recently presented three new collections at the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie 2013 exhibition in Geneva in January. It brought the newly premiered timepieces to Doha, including contemporary, sporty additions to the Overseas collection, such as the Overseas Chronograph, a self-winding watch with applied hour markers in 18K gold and a blue lacquered dial.
Vincent Kauffmann, Design Director and Christian Selmoni, Artistic Director
The Overseas Chronograph watch has selfwinding mechanical movement and a blue lacquered dial.
Mouawad stuns patrons yet again Mouawad, the luxury jewellery and timepieces company, revealed for the first time its latest masterpiece creation – the Mouawad L’Incomparable Diamond Necklace, featuring 91 diamonds totalling 635.40 carats in weight. The impressive diamond necklace embraces the Incomparable diamond, the world’s largest internally flawless diamond graded by the GIA, weighing 407.48 carats.
march 2013
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