Vacheron Constantin

VC was feeling its way to the Quai de l'Ile with this watch, don't you think? Dial detail of the Malte Openface Retrograding Perpetual Calendar, Ref 47032/000P-9206: Bill...  

You can look at this watch and see the 'thought process' of the brand's 'mind'. I think it is rare for a brand to feel like a living psyche, if you will, especially these days. Most brands just feel like 'meetings' the marketing executives had. Thanks!!

From a slightly more distant perspective: They open up the dial but the case back is solid! Go figure... Bill...  

any other archaelogical artefacts down history for the quai de l'lle? it puzzled me a while for this collection , the concept is not align with the VC heritage, and i cannot understand the watch, maybe u can elaborate a little more. thanks. regards, aaron... 

rather than repeat myself I'm going to ask you to read the opening section of my review of the Quai de l'Ile where I sketch a narrative for the development for the QDI: vacheron.watchprosite.com Let me know if you are convinced! Bill

light to my perception of the watch. i am still not very accustomed to such an avant garde design from VC, however, i will definitely take a re-look at it the next time i visit the boutique, instead of dismissing totally as an anti-counterfeit attempt by ... 

and see where I am coming from on the QDI. Let us know how your next visit with a QDI goes. I too tend to let blemishes accumulate on my watches as well. While I certainly appreciate a good polishing, I have seen some hatchet jobs that leave me wary. I wo... 

...about VC "feeling its way to the Quai de l'Ile with this watch" is well made. I had not thought of that, but you are absolutely correct. I am not sure how I feel about the overall design of the dial (particularly the retrograde date at the top). The id... 

this model: It is nice in pictures but just fantastic in real life. I hope you get the chance to see one. (I quite like seeing a QP without the moonphase). I agree about your points regarding legibility of complicated calendar watches and the compounding ...  

Each of those is to my liking. I like these versions of the QP much more. Like you, I do not mind the absence of the moon phase on this model. I LOVE the full year display, that is pretty rare and really nicely placed on the VC dial. In fact, I like the w... 

You've got to get that American 1921 on your wrist! Bill

I am so easily distracted by beautiful, shiny objects. Best, respo

or will it? Bill...  

...but not so much for the exposed tourbillon, as one might suspect. Rather I am very fond of the regulateur dial layout as an old but still sual display of the time. This one is particularly well executed and well placed in the elegant tonneau-shaped cas... 

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and on to something that is downright affordable compared with the other watches in this thread. It's not a new pic, but I never get tired of seeing it! h Bill...  

...and it still may be my favorite, regardless of price, among the ones you have shown on this thread. respo

but I like the dial aesthetics of the older 31-day retrograde version vs. both the perpetual & bi-retrograde. I don't like the words Automatic and Perpetual on one, and I don't like the day retrograde on the other, it looks awkward to me (both the font le...  

That is a classical beauty, indeed. Your first VC??? Congratulations! It is definitely more classical looking than the more contemporary bi-retrograde. I like them both very much. So similar, and yet so different, these two versions of the day-date. Cheer... 

but that was 2.5 years ago. My very first post on this forum was about the acquisition. Bill used to have one as well. Now I have 6 for myself and 1 for my very understanding wife . I'm sort of a VC lunatic and only collect this one brand. Except for the ... 

You and I started roughly around the same time, it sounds like. And we have both done some damage in a short period of time. I have yet to get my first VC, but I am coming around... respo

Thanks for all of your contributing posts! I enjoy reading them and seeing how other WIS kindred spirits develop there hobby. BR, Dan