KMII
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Returning from the beach holiday…
Means there’s again time for the VC 1972 - as Prestige de la France it fits for the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics today 🇫🇷
Complications
Explore the Vacheron Constantin Caliber 1003 and Jaeger-LeCoultre Caliber 849. Discover ultra-thin movements, their history, and iconic watches.
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Vintage
Explore the enduring appeal of the Vacheron Constantin 1972 with collector KMII. Discover its unique design, rarity, and community insights.
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Reference Guide
Explore Vacheron Constantin's Historiques collection, featuring the Chronometer Royal 1907, American 1921, and Toledo 1951. Discover historical references and collector favorites.
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Community
Discover Vacheron Constantin's first 'Hour Club' event in Japan. KIH reports on exclusive watches, dinner, and community insights from Tokyo.
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Manufacture
Explore Vacheron Constantin's Paris boutique exclusive editions with foversta's detailed report. Discover the Patrimony Traditionnelle Small Seconds and Chronograph with unique guilloché dials, plus Metiers d'Art watches.
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New Release
Discover the Vacheron Constantin 1972 Prestige, an asymmetrical white gold timepiece honoring its heritage. Explore its design, movement, and golden section proportions.
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Returning from the beach holiday…
Means there’s again time for the VC 1972 - as Prestige de la France it fits for the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics today 🇫🇷 ...
Glad you think so!
Celebrated its fifth anniversary in our household this year and it’s still as enticing to me as on the first day 😁
Understandably so,
the dial pattern and case shape are so cool! It is a design I would expect from Cartier, Piaget, Boucheron or maybe an 70s AP but not Vacheron. They were really daring design-wise with this one. And they really nailed it.
As the name suggests…
The original came out in 1972, when they were probably on the more adventurous side 😁 This is the 2013 re-issue (fourth gen) 👍🏻
Thanks so much for the kind words 🙏🏻
Sometimes the watch has to compensate for the shortcomings of the owner 😂🤷🏻♂️
It will pass…
I hope you will get to enjoy the odd event. The one we supposedly got tickets for, well, was a scam 🤦🏻♂️
Strong minimalist design pieces like this are crown jewels in my mind👑
If only this was available in platinum too😢
Completely agreed on the crown jewels!
While I would love for a renaissance of dress pieces, something tells me this is unlikely 🤷🏻♂️
Thanks a lot - most of the time…
It gets worn with a suit but sometimes dressing it down is fun 😊👍🏻
Finally…
Bluey replaced the opening ceremony as our son is enjoying having both parents to himself for a week but it was enjoyable nevertheless 😁 Thanks 🙏🏻
Thanks for that!
While most of the time it gets paired with a suit, sometimes it really dresses down nicely 😊👍🏻
Superb piece, worn well!
Gotta ask about the movement, though. That case looks exceptionally thin, and I wonder what's running it.
A nicely thin movement…
The all gold Cal. 1003, at 1,75mm fairly slender itself. And it needs to be as the case is curved front and back, so to get the under 8mm total thinness, the movement doesn’t have much space. Same movement in a flat watch allows for under 5mm total thickn...
