Vacheron Constantin – Métiers d’Art – Chagall & l’Opéra de Paris

What drives Vacheron Constantin from the beginning is a preservation of applied arts. This commitment is truly embodied in luxury pieces made in miniature Grand Feu enamel painting technique. The stunning Métiers d'Art collection encompasses the complete spectrum of master-crafts, which makes each of the featured pieces a genuine work of art. The collection applies art in the form of enameling, haute jewelry, skeletonizaton of movements and hand engraving of the movement components.

This truly luxury timepiece features a faithful reproduction of the entire Chagall ceiling, produced in a Grand Feu enameled miniature painting technique. Grand Feu enamel painting refers to the “high temperature firing” technique that relies on a limited range of colors that are painted onto the raw glaze and fired together. The whole celing, which actually spreads over a 200 square meters, is reproduced on a miniaturized dial.

The watch is crafted in yellow gold and embodied in 40.00 mm wide case. Above the dial, three elegant golden hands float and point in turn to works by Ravel, Debussy and the 12 other composers. Surrounding the dial, but on the very same level, various hand-engraved nymphs create an amazing depth effect. The case-back is engraved with words “Hommage aux Compositeurs illustres”. However, what really takes a breath away is an engraving created by the Manufacture in tribute to Marc Chagall, which reveals upon opening the case-back.

In the very core of this timepiece is the Calibre 2460 self-winding movement entirely developed and manufactured by Vacheron Constantin, which bears the famous Hallmark of Geneva testifying to the perfect execution of the exceptional finishing crafted in keeping with the finest Geneva Haute Horlogerie traditions.