VACHERON CONSTANTIN book 335 pages

Vacheron Constantine, which celebrates his 250e birthday in 2005, is the oldest factory of clock industry in activity in the world. The famous Genevese house did not cease die proposing chronometers of exception, since the first preserved watch, manufactured around 1760, to the extraordinary machine elements of today, with the given rhythm movement with 28,800 alternations per hour. Farouk of Egypt, the Shah of Iran, the duke of Windsor, Mary Pickford, Tyrone Power, to quote only disappeared personalities, count among impassioned which dispute these prestigious works, designed as much to allure by their elegance that to offer measurements of irreproachable times. The history of Vacheron Constantine 'was built in the continual search for a balance between the technological advance and the commercial dynamism, between the esthetics of the watch and the performance of its movement, between fidelity with a history and a constant desire of innovation. Guarantor of longevity of the mark, the tireless search of this harmony is perpetuated by the events which mark its 250e birthday masterly rebirth of its store of Genesis, the opening of its new manufacture, the creation of extraordinary and single a clock making “masterpieceâ€� and the publication of very a beautiful book. Illustrated by splendid photographs carried out for the occasion, this work reports in a first part the historical course of a house more than twice centenary. The second part is devoted to the catalog of the prestigious clock making collection at this meeting in Geneva by Vacheron Constantine. It presents the known parts most significant of manufacture according to a classification honouring the trades with art which contribute to the high clock industry. Biography of the author Writer and historian, Franc Cologni is the author of many works on the history of the clock industry and the jewelry. It in particular published the Object Cartier (Giorgio Mondadori, 1992), Cartier, the jeweller of platinum (Giorgio Mondadori, 1995), Cartier, the watch Tank (Flammarion, 1998), Vacheron Constantine (Assouline, 2000), Piaget (Assouline, 2001), and Piaget Joaillerie (Assouline, 2001). Expert in high clock industry, historian of clock making art, Dominique Flechon is the author of many specialized studies and works of which Orologiaio, Mestiere d' Arte (It Saggiatore, 1999) Balsam and Draper (Assouline, 2002) or Cartier, the Tank watch, in collaboration with Franco Cologni (Flammarion, 1998).

Caracteristique du livre :

Titre : Le secrets de Vacheron Constantin 250 ans d'histoire ininterrompue, Catalogue de montres depuis 1755
Auteur : Vacheron Constantin 250 ans d'histoire ininterrompue Catalogue de montres depuis 1755 de Franco Cologni Francois Chaille
Editeur : Flammarion
Reliure : Relie
Langue : Francais
Dimensions : 29,39 x 25,81 x 3,81
Nombre de page : 335 pages
Poids : 2522 grammes
Date de parution : 01/01/1000
Mot Clef : Arts decoratifs traditions Bijouterie-horlogerie Decoration Autres beaux livres
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