Lit up by snow setting
The Traditionnelle moon phase watch reveals the lunar display through the prism of virtuoso jewellery skills. Entirely paved with diamonds, this bejewelled version of the existing model has been subtly redesigned to ensure perfectly proportioned shapes. The dial features the snow-setting technique, according to which 548 brilliant-cut diamonds in ten different diameters ranging from 0.7 to 1.5 mm are randomly placed to achieve a striking effect, as if melting seamlessly into the light. In addition to the paving technique, which requires the skilled and experienced gemsetter to master the available space, the additional difficulty is to successfully bypass the moon phase, follow the curve of the power-reserve indication and integrate the white gold hour-markers. The small seconds counter, features 38 diamonds rimmed by 24 stones to enhance legibility. Prong setting extends to 225 brilliant-cut diamonds totalling approximately 4.8 carats and adorning the bezel, case middle, lugs and crown.
Astronomical moon
As a means of giving depth to the jewellery aesthetic, the designers chose to enhance the rigorous discipline of prong setting and the effervescence of snow setting with two night blue touches. A tinted mother-of-pearl inlay serves as a 40-hour power-reserve indicator, while the moon phases – standing out on a star-studded disc and in the same gold hue as the case with an opaline finish – appear through an aperture between 8 and 9 o'clock.
Driven by the in-house 1410 AS movement, the moon phases are based on 29-day, 12-hour and 45-minute lunar cycles, incorporated into the mechanism in the form of a 135-tooth wheel. This high-precision moon, also known as the "astronomical moon", thus displays a variation in rate of just one day every 122 years.
The finishing of the manual-winding movement – circular-grained on the front mainplate and featuring a Côtes de Genève motif adorning the bridges on the reverse side, complete with hand-chamfered edges and straight-grained flanks – can be admired through the sapphire caseback of the watch. Elegance and refinement are expressed all the way to the night blue satin-effect alligator leather strap – interchangeable at the touch of a button and tool-free – fitted with a white gold pin buckle set with 21 brilliant-cut diamonds.
TECHNICAL DATA
Traditionnelle moon phase
Reference 7006T/000G-B913
Calibre 1410 AS
Developed and manufactured by Vacheron Constantin
Mechanical, manual-winding
26 mm (9’’’) diameter, 4.2 mm thick
Approximately 40 hours of power reserve
4 Hz (28,800 vibrations/hour)
175 components
22 jewels
Hallmark of Geneva certified timepieces
Indications Hours, minutes, small seconds at 6 o’clock
Power reserve
Precision moon phase
Case 18K white gold case set with 225 round-cut diamonds
37.5 mm diameter, 10.2 mm thick
Crown set with 1 round-cut diamond
Transparent sapphire crystal caseback
Water-resistance tested at a pressure of 3 bar (approx. 30 metres)
Dial 18K white gold set with 548 round-cut diamonds
Mother-of-pearl power-reserve segment 18K white gold applied hour-markers and hands
Strap Night blue Mississippiensis alligator leather strap calf inner shell, stitched-tip, square scales
With integrated self-interchangeable system
Buckle 18K white gold pin buckle set with 21 round-cut diamonds
Total diamond-setting 795 round-cut diamonds, for a total weight of approx. 4.8 carats (guaranteed minimum carats)