- Movement
- Manual winding
- Size
- 36.2 × 26.5 mm
Overview
A jewelled Art Nouveau dial, inspired by a 1916 piece
The Vacheron Constantin Heures Créatives Heure Romantique, reference 37640/000G-B659, in 18K white gold with a black mother-of-pearl dial set with 123 round-cut diamonds, on a black satin strap with a diamond-set clasp. Manual-winding calibre 1055 with hours and minutes; 36.2 × 26.5 mm, 7.4 mm high.
The reference 37640/000G-B659 is Vacheron Constantin's Heures Créatives Heure Romantique, in 18K white gold; the brand traces its design back to a 1916 piece, styled after the Belle Époque and Art Nouveau taste for flowers, plants and animal motifs. The dial is black mother-of-pearl with painted Roman numerals and 18K gold hands, set, by the brand's own count, with 123 round-cut diamonds. The case measures 36.2 x 26.5 mm and 7.4 mm high, with a solid case back and water resistance to 30 m; it comes on a black satin strap with a diamond-set folding clasp, plus a second strap in black alligator leather.
Inside is the manual-winding calibre 1055: 15.7 mm across and 2.1 mm high, with 115 parts and 21 jewels, giving hours and minutes only and running at 21,600 V.P.H. (3 Hz) for a stated 40-hour power reserve.
For collectors
The diamond-set folding clasp is stated as belonging to the satin strap; the accompanying black alligator leather strap is described only as a second strap, with no clasp of its own mentioned.
Key details
Design and engineering
- DialBlack mother-of-pearl with painted Roman numerals and 18K gold hands, set with 123 round-cut diamonds by the brand's own count.
- Case18K white gold, 36.2 x 26.5 mm and 7.4 mm high, with a solid case back; water-resistant to 30 m (3 bar).
- Strap and claspBlack satin strap with a diamond-set white gold triple folding clasp; a second strap in black alligator leather is supplied alongside it.
- Design sourceThe brand attributes the design to a piece it made in 1916, in the Belle Époque and Art Nouveau period's taste for floral and animal motifs.
Calibre 1055
- Manual-winding
- Hours, minutes
- 15.7 mm across, 2.1 mm high; 115 parts, 21 jewels
- 21,600 V.P.H. (3 Hz)
- Power reserve 40 hours
Specifications
Technical specifications
| Reference | 37640/000G-B659 |
|---|---|
| Collection | Heures Créatives |
| Calibre | Calibre 1055 |
| Movement | Manual winding |
| Functions | Hours, Minutes |
| Case dimensions | 36.2 × 26.5 mm |
| Case thickness | 7.4 mm |
| Case material | 18K white gold |
| Case back | Solid caseback |
| Water resistance | 3 bar (30 m) |
| Dial | Black mother-of-pearl dial inspired of Art Nouveau style. 18K gold hands. 18K gold Roman numerals hour-markers. |
| Strap | Black satin |
| Additional straps | Alligator leather (Black) |
| Clasp | White gold triple folding clasp |
| Movement dimensions | 15.7 mm × 2.1 mm |
| Components | 115 |
| Jewels | 21 |
| Power reserve | 40 hours |
| Frequency | 21,600 vph (3 Hz) |
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