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Definitely - the steel goes for 52500 already. Imagine what the price would be for a different case material, different dial, perhaps an engraving. That would quickly push this into the stratosphere.
Very true
For that reason, I'd propose a Hodinkee-esq version in steel to balance cost and value. The Special dial would be more desirable than a custom metal (to me). As the standard Pink Gold is now $64K it runs away quite quickly with some custom dials.
Love this series
I need a Cornes de Vache by Vacheron Constantin one day. Such a beautiful and timeless design. I envy those who has one of these!
Limited production already
As I understood. What would be their current annual production in steel and rose gold?
I would vote for tantalum as well
I'd be in for Yellow Gold and Black Dial
Wei Koh's is the only Yellow Gold CDV I know of and is a killer. Do a dark grey / chalkboard dial, the dots indexes, pulsation scale and a Breguet 12 and 6 please...
A marvel, indeed. Replace the roman numbers with roman and it is even nicer, from my point of view....
Have affection for all these iterations, mon ami.
My heart said “platinum”; my budget screamed “steel!”
I had tried to get the grey hodinkee version from EWC…
but couldn’t make price work. I haven’t seen any more of these on offer since the past few years.
A tantalum version would be great, but it depends more on the dial. A darker color like blue would be needed with a tantalum case.
Variations on the dial and movement
Let's remember that the beloved 4178 was in production for decades, with quite a bit of variation in the case materials and even the dials.
There is no question that the Cornes de Vache is one of my favourite chronographs made today, but the sub-dial spacing of the 4178 is perhaps a bit more pleasing to the eye. Of course, these vintage chronograph dials were designed around third party Valjoux movements, with some earlier models using Martel movements.
Vacheron has the mothballed cal 3300 which may or may not provide a difference in sub-register spacing, in proportion to the movement's overall diameter. They should look to play a bit with the movements available to them, along with the subdial and case diameters. I have a feeling that the more beautiful neo-vintage Vacheron chronograph is yet to be released.
There is no question that the Cornes de Vache is one of my favourite chronographs made today, but the sub-dial spacing of the 4178 is perhaps a bit more pleasing to the eye. Of course, these vintage chronograph dials were designed around third party Valjoux movements, with some earlier models using Martel movements.
Vacheron has the mothballed cal 3300 which may or may not provide a difference in sub-register spacing, in proportion to the movement's overall diameter. They should look to play a bit with the movements available to them, along with the subdial and case diameters. I have a feeling that the more beautiful neo-vintage Vacheron chronograph is yet to be released.
While I really like CdV and wish I could afford one
One area I like Les Historiques more is the dial. More specifically, the metal rings around the sub dials and the tachymeter on the main dial really gives the watch a soft sheen and 3 dimensionality. I wish VC could update CdV’s dial similarly.
