All through its historical past, Vacheron Constantin has demonstrated a deep dedication to the humanities. After a profitable collaboration with the Louvre, the model has opened a brand new exhibition at its New York Flagship retailer titled “The Anatomy of Magnificence®“, a celebration of Haute Horology and modern artwork. The model creates an immersive expertise by means of a curated assortment of extraordinary watches alongside extra significant-than-life depictions of coral, and the art work, These Waters, by New York artist Melissa McGill.
A metaphorical and bodily journey, McGill’s These Waters takes heart stage with coral buildings and skeletonized watch actions to create concord, such because the regular rhythm of the earth’s water waves as depicted within the art work. The watchmaker’s two-story atrium is consumed by 5 large-scale images of New York’s Hudson River on glass. Panels lean towards one another and the wall creating a surprising dialog between mild, reflection, transparency, shadow, and ephemerality. The art work goals to start out a dialogue about our relationship with water.
The watches for this exhibition come from archives in addition to present collections. Some timepieces are intricately adorned with gem stones, guilloche, enameling, and engraving, whereas others are skeletonized, flaunting the meticulous consideration to element whereas creating the watch. This detail-oriented and beautiful skeletonization work is magnificently proven within the new Vacheron Constantin Abroad Extremely-Skinny Perpetual Calendar. The modern gold timepiece is magnified by a sapphire dial inviting the visitors to witness its ultra-thin and skeletonized perpetual calendar caliber 1120 QPSQ/1.
Vacheron Constantine shows a few of the rarest items, just like the platinum restricted version Skeleton Minute Repeater reference from 2006. The caliber 1755 beating contained in the timepiece consists of 330 components, at solely 3.30 mm thick. The sapphire crystal dial exhibits the ornamental hand engraving of the wheels and bridges. This Skeleton Minute Repeater visually brings to thoughts the intricate particulars of the underwater corals and the technical experience in sophisticated watchmaking.
The exhibition additional explores the intricacy of technical creativity, with the fashionable Égérie women’ assortment showcasing an beautiful dial sample impressed by a tapestry approach made utilizing the artwork of guilloche and expertly set with diamonds. The exhibition shows an 1822 yellow gold pocket watch expertly set with treasured amethyst stones in a fragile wave sample. The gold dial shows an engine-turned heart and 12 Roman numerals, and an outer minute monitor. The “The Anatomy of Magnificence®” exhibition additionally contains twelve masks from the Barbier-Mueller Museum‘s assortment depicted by means of a sculpted gold plate on every watch dial. Every timepiece is provided with a 2460 G4 beating coronary heart caliber and options written poetry by Michel Butor to depict the civilization represented.
“The Anatomy of Magnificence®” explores the extent of consideration, dedication, and fervour Vacheron Constantin imbues within the minutest of particulars by means of a lens of latest artwork and magnified imagery of the natural magnificence present in our waters. The exhibition can be at Vacheron Constantin’s New York Flagship retailer from April to September 2022.