The “sports” replica watches UK truly emerged with the late 19th century boom in steel and the successive inventions of rustless steel, staybrite steel and stainless steel. Several models featuring ratcheted bezels and metal bracelets illustrate this steady progress, from the 1930s to the 1970s, such as the Chronometre Royal presented in 1975 and the 222 released in 1977 to mark the 222nd anniversary of the Maison.
The exhibition closes with the Overseas, which has become a reference model and of which Replica Vacheron Constantin is introducing a new version in 2016.
“Elegance in Motion” reveals major aesthetic and technical developments through 57 fake watches from Vacheron Constantin’s private collection and testifies to the constant concern of the Maison to create measuring instruments reflecting the needs of the most demanding travellers. The exhibition features timepieces selected from the more than 1,300 objects composing the Vacheron Constantin private museum collection. Their common denominator is their ability to guarantee a reliable reading of time despite the constraints of travel relating to conquering the world.
A “wallet” alarm clock, along with handbag, shutter and lighter Swiss replica watches: as a loyal travelling companion, timepieces were capable of concealing time so as to protect it from the gruelling conditions involved in transport back in the day. In the course of the 20th century, the displays as well as the mechanisms adapted to needs while offering a multitude of indications, such as dual-time and worldtime functions. Numerals and hands were luminescent-coated to ensure readability even in the dark, as notably illustrated on the 1918 Corps of Engineers USA pocket cheap replica watches UK.
Protecting mechanisms against magnetism, humidity and dust has always represented a major challenge. In 1885, the Maison created a first model designed to resist magnetic disturbances by incorporating components in palladium, gold and bronze. In 1895, it mentioned a first “hermetically sealed” stainless steel watch and in 1933, it developed a wristwatch equipped with a screw-lock case-back and bezel guaranteeing resistance to both water and pressure, and which inspired the 22 and overseas watches. In response to ever more specific needs, Vacheron Constantin introduced the imposing aviator’s watch in 1903 that was strapped to a pilot’s thigh; as well as the distinctively styled driver watches in 1939 that were worn on the side of the wrist to facilitate read-off by the wearer at the wheel.