Vacheron Constantin

Inspired by the Harmony watches of fellow Vachonistas and the piece unique American 1921 recently introduced, I've reached into the vault for this feature on shaped watches. But first, an explanation of model numbers. Image credit Vacheron Constantin unle...  

I love the minimalist design of the ref 6589 produced in 1961. Do you have more details (size, 1001 movement) I also like the "cathedrale" hands ;-) All the Best, Patrick ...  

Thanks Patrick The 1001 is a very elegant movement with classic finger bridges, introduced in 1951. Based on the JLC 818 ebauche, it measures 9 lignes across with a height of 2.94mm. 18,000 vph and 17 or 18 jewels depending on variant. The one pictured he...  

A clever design to accommodate the larger automatic movement while still looking like a classic dress watch. ...  

Any chance you can post that beauty on the Front Page where these are posted-please?

there is no logical connection here, nor with Front Page as far as I can see. You have such a deep interest in this one piece, perhaps contact Alex directly?

Hard to believe it's going nowhere

This is a learning garden for vintage VC's enthusiasts. I find a variant of ref 6627 ...  

7’'' 17 - 24 I guess 7’'' is the length of the movement What does 17-24 mean? ...  

Great question but I can only give you a partial explanation of the movement descriptions for these shaped calibres. There were industry conventions to describe movement sizes and we are all familiar with the ligne of 2.256mm used to indicate the width of...