- Movement
- Manual winding
- Size
- 43 mm
Overview
A retrograde and celestial display for the 270th anniversary
The Vacheron Constantin Métiers d'Art piece Tribute to the Quest of Time, reference 7200A/000G-H103, in 18K white gold with a double sapphire dial showing a 1755 celestial-vault metallization and a titanium figure's retrograde hours and minutes, on a dark blue alligator strap. Manual-winding, with power reserve and moon-age displays; 43 mm, 13.58 mm high.
The reference 7200A/000G-H103 is Vacheron Constantin's Métiers d'Art piece Tribute to the Quest of Time, presented on the brand's page as marking its 270th anniversary, in an 18K white gold case 43 mm across and 13.58 mm high. The dial is built from double sapphire crystal with a blue gradient and what the page calls a metallization of the 1755 celestial vault; a titanium figure's arms carry a double retrograde display of the hours and minutes, and a button at 10 o'clock switches the figure between two states -- the arms sweeping continuously, or held still at its side. Two sector displays, set at 6 to 3 o'clock and 3 to 0 o'clock, show a six-day power reserve, and a hand-engraved moon sits in relief beside a ring that reads its age. Hour-markers are Roman numerals and the minute markers Arabic numerals, both in 18K gold. The sapphire case back is itself engraved with the celestial vault as seen from the northern hemisphere, for a sidereal-time reading.
The movement is manual-winding; the page gives no calibre name or reference number for it. It measures 7.8 mm high, with 512 parts and 55 jewels, running at 36,000 V.P.H. (5 Hz) for a stated 144-hour power reserve, shown on the dial across two sectors as six days. The brand states that the moon-age display needs correcting only once every 122 years, attributing this to the movement's own construction rather than explaining the mechanism further. The watch is certified to the Hallmark of Geneva; the brand dates the mark to 1886, when the Republic and Canton of Geneva established it, and calls it a sign of quality craftsmanship, reliability and provenance.
For collectors
The 122-year correction interval the brand states for the moon-age mechanism is unusually long for a moon-phase display; the page attributes this to the movement's own construction without giving a separate explanation for it.
Key details
Design and engineering
- DialDouble sapphire crystal with a blue gradient and what the brand calls a metallization of the 1755 celestial vault; Roman numeral hour-markers and Arabic numeral minute-markers, both in 18K gold.
- Double retrograde displayA titanium figure's arms show the double retrograde hours and minutes; a button at 10 o'clock switches between the arms sweeping continuously and the arms held still at the figure's side.
- Power reserve and moonTwo sector displays, 6 to 3 o'clock and 3 to 0 o'clock, show a six-day power reserve; a hand-engraved moon in relief sits beside a ring reading its age, which the brand says needs correcting only once every 122 years.
- Case backSapphire crystal, engraved with the celestial vault as seen from the northern hemisphere, for a sidereal-time reading and the observation of constellations.
- CertificationCertified to the Hallmark of Geneva.
Manual-winding movement
- Manual-winding; the page prints no calibre name or reference number for this movement
- Functions as printed on the page: power reserve, AGL, retrograde minute, sky chart, moon phase, retrograde hour
- 7.8 mm high; 512 parts, 55 jewels
- 36,000 V.P.H. (5 Hz)
- Power reserve 144 hours
- Hallmark of Geneva
Specifications
Technical specifications
| Reference | 7200A/000G-H103 |
|---|---|
| Collection | Métiers d’Art |
| Movement | Manual winding |
| Functions | Power reserve, AGL, Retrograde minute, Sky chart, Moon phase, Retrograde hour |
| Case dimensions | 43 mm |
| Case thickness | 13.58 mm |
| Case material | 18K white gold |
| Case back | Transparent sapphire crystal caseback |
| Water resistance | 3 bar (30 m) |
| Dial | Double sapphire crystal dial with a blue transparent gradient and a 1755 celestial vault metallization. Dragging display of the double retrograde hours/minutes hands via the movement of the character’s arms. 3D precision moon and moon age. On two sectors: 6-3 & 3-0, indication of a 6-day power reserve. 18K gold Roman numerals hour-markers and Arabic numerals minute-markers. On the back, observation of the northern hemisphere celestial vault. |
| Strap | Dark blue alligator leather |
| Movement dimensions | 7.8 mm |
| Components | 512 |
| Jewels | 55 |
| Power reserve | 144 hours |
| Frequency | 36,000 vph (5 Hz) |
| Certification | Hallmark of Geneva |
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