Maison Valcourt

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Dial Champagne
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Reserve
62 h

II  ·  Calibre VC‑01

The movement

Three hundred and twelve parts, assembled twice — first to be perfected, then to be forgotten. Every bridge is bevelled by hand at forty-five degrees; every screw is heated to the exact second it turns blue.

Parts
312
Rubies
33
Beat
4Hz
Reserve
88h
01HandsBlued steel, bevelled by hand
02DialThree bands of guilloché
03BridgesStriped, bevelled, blued screws
04BalanceFree-sprung, four beats a second
05Going trainTwin barrels, four wheels
06MainplatePerlage, thirty-three rubies

III  ·  Particulars

Everything we will tell you

  • Case39.5mm

    Eighteen-carat champagne gold, hand-polished. Sapphire crystal front and back; water resistant to thirty metres, which is to say rain, not oceans.

  • Thickness8.4mm

    Slim enough to vanish beneath a cuff, and to be forgotten there until someone asks the time.

  • CalibreVC‑01

    Hand-wound, made and finished in-house. Three hundred and twelve parts, thirty-three rubies, no rotor to hide behind.

  • Frequency4Hz

    Twenty-eight thousand eight hundred vibrations an hour. Free-sprung balance with a Breguet overcoil.

  • Power reserve88hours

    Twin barrels. Wind it on Monday morning and it will still be running on Thursday.

  • Edition40a year

    Each numbered on the mainplate and signed by the watchmaker who set it going.

IV  ·  Cadran

Three hours of the day

V  ·  By appointment

Request a private viewing

We receive visitors one at a time, in a quiet room with good light. Tell us when, and we will have the watch wound and waiting.

  • ReplyWithin one working day
  • DurationSixty unhurried minutes
  • ObligationNone whatsoever

By appointment only. We will never share your details.

Thank you.