Post by CHIP on Oct 20, 2005 18:33:16 GMT -6
and the most expensive.
Vacheron’s Tour de l’Ile is a limited edition of 7 watches, crafted in 18kt pink gold, individually numbered and each featuring a one-of-a-kind hand-guilloched motif on the back dial.
Movement is the hand-wound Vacheron caliber 2750 with 834 parts (necessitating 10,000 hours of Research & Development by VC). The movement beats at a leisurely 18'000 bph, with a power reserve of 58 hours. It has 38 jewels.
Indications & functions are: hours and minutes, seconds at 6 o’clock, repetition of the hours, quarters and minutes on request. A Tourbillon, power reserve indicator, second time zone indicator, phases and age of the moon and striking-mechanism torque indicator.
The perpetual calendar shows the day of the week, date, month, leap years and perpetual equation of time with sunset and sky chart indicators. It is branded with the Geneva Hallmark of quality.
The case, in 18kt pink gold measures 47mm X 18mm, with a lug width of 23mm. The crystal is sapphire as is the display back.
Vacheron’s Tour de l’Ile is a limited edition of 7 watches, crafted in 18kt pink gold, individually numbered and each featuring a one-of-a-kind hand-guilloched motif on the back dial.
Movement is the hand-wound Vacheron caliber 2750 with 834 parts (necessitating 10,000 hours of Research & Development by VC). The movement beats at a leisurely 18'000 bph, with a power reserve of 58 hours. It has 38 jewels.
Indications & functions are: hours and minutes, seconds at 6 o’clock, repetition of the hours, quarters and minutes on request. A Tourbillon, power reserve indicator, second time zone indicator, phases and age of the moon and striking-mechanism torque indicator.
The perpetual calendar shows the day of the week, date, month, leap years and perpetual equation of time with sunset and sky chart indicators. It is branded with the Geneva Hallmark of quality.
The case, in 18kt pink gold measures 47mm X 18mm, with a lug width of 23mm. The crystal is sapphire as is the display back.
