The majority
Vacheron’s Historiques Cornes de Vache chronographs were cased in rose-gold (added in 2016), with very few examples thought to have been made in platinum.
The watch displays a silvered dial with
blue tachymetre scale. The dial is classically understated, balancing the five-minute divisions and outer scale perfectly. The watch displays five hands - hours, minutes, and seconds for the time, with seconds and minute hands for the chronograph. Overall, the dial layout is cleanly designed, with the chronograph highly-legible. Measuring 38.5mm in diameter, the
Historiques Cornes de Vache case is larger than the original reference (35mm), though moderately sized, by today’s standards. The case features long, curved, tapering lugs and a polished, chamfered bezel. The snap-on, display case-back, shows the
Maltese cross and manufacturer's hallmarks, along with its unique reference numbers. The sapphire screw-down case-back and round pump pushers, allow for water-resistance of up to 30 meters.
The
Historiques Cornes De Vache 1955 integrates
Vacheron’s 21-jewel, manual-winding, 1142 caliber, based upon a thoroughly re-worked
‘Nouvelle Lemania’ 2310 ebauche - much like the
Patek Philippe ref. 3970, 5070 and 5970. The movement is beautifully finished, with exquisite chamfering on all angles, polishing and decoration, in the form of
Geneva striping. Improvements in the 1142 are evident in the shape of the chronograph levers, tension springs and (purely aesthetic)
Maltese Cross on top of the column wheel - as well as the free-sprung balance with
Breguet overcoil.
This platinum,
Vacheron Constantin Historiques Cornes de Vache comes as a full-set, on one of our lightly-tanned, Istanbul nubuck straps and its original corresponding platinum, tang buckle.
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