Kutchinsky Ladies 18kt White Gold Manual Hand-Wind Wristwatch

Piaget 18kt. Yellow and white Gold Lapis Lazuli Dial Diamond Emerald Vintage Cocktail Watch 926B23 Piaget is a luxury Swiss watch and jewell...

Patek Philippe 18kt. white gold square-shaped ladies' wristwatch. The Patek Philippe 18kt white gold ladies' wristwatch was made in 1950. At this time, Patek Philippe was already ...

Ref. Number: P10182 Gender: Ladies Case Diameter: 30 x 30 mm Movement: Quartz Watchband Material: Leather Case material: 18K Gold and diamonds Bezel: Gold and diamonds Display Type: Analogue Dial: diamonds Clasp: Strap Buckle Clasp Buckle: 18kt. yellow gold with Piaget 750...

Patek Philippe Ellipse for Gubelin, 18kt gold manual winding mens wristwatch. Made in 1972 Complete with Patek Philippe box and archive papers. Brand : PATEK PHILIPPE for Gubelin (Retailer) Model : ELLIPSE REF 3584/1 Age :1 972 Gender : Male Movement : Manual Case Material :18ct Yellow Gold Crystal : Mineral Strap / bracelet :1 8ct Gold...

Boucheron 18kt. yellow gold and stainless steel, 'Reflet' collection ladies wristwatch on an interchangeable leather strap. Made in Switzerland Model: Boucheron Reflet Age : 2000's...

A ladies’ Piaget Mini Dancer 18kt yellow gold and diamond bracelet Quartz wristwatch. A mother of pearl dial set with six diamond hour markers...

Omega Ladies Wrist Watch, 18 Karat White Gold and Diamonds, manual winding. Including certificate of authenticity.

A unique diamond watch made by Omega. Showcasing a diamond encrusted dial and bezel, set in a snake bracelet made in 18 karat white gold. Diamonds weigh 2.00 carats total. Manual Win...

Ladies Geneva 14k Diamond Bracelet Watch, Circa 1970s. The dial is framed with forty-one round diamonds with black baton hour and minute hands....

------- 1. History of The 1972 Prestige De France ------- In June 1972, France's minister of science and industry, François-Xavier Ortoli, awarded Vacheron Constantin the rare and coveted Diplôme du Prestige de la France. It was a fine summer afternoon in late June. A gentle sun shone on the squares and the boulevards of Paris. Tourists and locals alike strolled in the Jardin des Tuileries. Close by, on the Place Vendôme, a group assembled in a salon of the famous Ritz Hotel. This was where Hemingway drank martinis, where Cole Porter would pen “Let’s Do It” and where Coco Chanel lived for thirty years in Suite 302. In their business suits and ties, with the ghosts of those memories around them, the group seemed at home in the ornate setting in which they found themselves. There, on June 23, 1972, the committee of the Prestige De Frrance gathered to honor Vacheron & Constantin, the first and only watch manufacturer to ever receive the high honor: the Diplome Du Prestige de la France to date. The honor upon which the present watch is hallmarked with on its case back and displays its awarded title. The highly collectible present 1972 Vacheron & Constantin wristwatch would forever change watch making history for several key reasons; A fact which is still confirmed by the tribute and homage Vacheron & Constantin still pay to this model today. Wristwatch design has always embodied the historical competition that existed amongst the various watch brands. The invention and the ability to innovate a wristwatch's internal mechanism and external case concept frequently acted as the main driving force for the leading 20th century watch maisons. There are only a select few timepiece models ever produced which can rightfully claim their spot on the mantle of important pivotal timepieces. We are proud to offer the present timepiece, which is an Original 1972 Vacheron & Constantin Prestige Du France wristwatch, not to be confused with the modern reproduction that Vacheron Constantin offers today as a tribute to the models' engineering accomplishments. The 1972 Vacheron & Constantin Prestige Du France is historically known for its invention as the Worlds thinnest mechanical movement ever produced at 1.64mm thick and still holds this innovative record nearly 50 years later, in any category, in current production today. (See photo comparison of movement to matchstick for reference) Named the Prestige Du France, Vacheron & Constantin coined this unique innovative wristwatch model name as a result of the Honor D'iploma Du Prestige which France awarded Vacheron and Constantin for there achievement and contribution to French heritage , innovation in engineering & case concept design in 1972.. In this industry, no other watch manufacturer has ever attempted to produce a timepiece such as the present example being offered here today which is why Vacheron & Constantin is still the first and only watch manufacturer to ever receive this award. Not only does the present example have the world's thinnest movement to date, the present Vacheron & Constantin also has a case design which contains something called a golden ratio, a term used to describe a mathematically perfect design ratio. Vacheron & Constantin broke engineering history by inventing the world's the thinnest mechanical winding movement ever produced but they also pushed the limits further when they engineered it to be housed in a case designed according to the golden ratio and constructed to be be mathematically perfect.This means that the ratio between the longer side of the case, and the length of the sapphire crystal on the opposite side, equals the Golden Ratio. The golden ratio has been implemented in some of the most important works of art such as the Mona Lisa, the last supper and also some of the most important architectural designs such as the Parthenon, Stone Henge and the 7th wonder of the world, the Temple of Zeus at Olympia. Some of the greatest mathematical minds of all ages, from Pythagoras and Euclid in ancient Greece, through the medieval Italian mathematician Leonardo of Pisa and the Renaissance astronomer Johannes Kepler, to present-day timepiece manufacturing firms such as Vacheron & Constantin, have spent endless hours over this simple ratio and its properties. As a result and amidst the clicking of camera shutters and a smattering of polite applause, Louis Christaens, the President of the Comité de Prestige et de Propagande Nationale, presented the diploma award to Jacques Ketterer, the President and Director of Vacheron Constantin for their excellence demonstrated by the present wristwatch's design. From President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing to Nobel Laureate René Cassin, passing through a number of ministers and even to Pope Pius XII, each have been a part of this committee which consist of France's most esteemed academicians and personalities from the world of politics, arts and letters to award honors who have contributed to the prestige of France and its economic, industrial or cultural influence. ------- 2. Impact Of The Vacheron & Constantin Caliber 1003 Movement in Watchmaking History ------- While The invention of the Ultra thin mechanical watch movement left Vacheron and Constantin the winner of one competition it opened the door to the next competition, "Who could create the first and best skeletonized wristwatch?" The next major competition between the brands would ensue as a result of this new technological innovation. Never before could a movement be created that was so thin which would once again open a whole new creative avenue for case design capabilities. The Significance of the mechanism in this timepiece model lead to Vacheron Constantin's next invention in case designs which was the first ever produced : a skeletonized wristwatch. Using the same caliber movement, Vacheron & Constantin used in the prestige de France the present offered model reference, Vacheron & Constantin was able to find a movement thin enough to fit into the house of a skeletonized wristwatch case design which until now was one of the hardest achievement in the watch world. Vacheron and Constantin soon after their invention of the caliber 1003 created the very first known skeletonized wristwatch only a few years later. Without the caliber 1003 movement, which gave Vacheron the ability to produce ultra thin working movements small enough to fit into a skeletonized watch case, Vacheron & Constatin never could have produced the first Skeletonized wristwatch in 1978 one year before Patek Philippe was able to produce their own version of a skeletonized wristwatch. An example of the first known Patek Philippe skeletonized...

Omega Geneva/Geneve Ladies Silver Dial Watch with original box. 1972. In good condition. The watch is in working order. Diameter: 23 mm.

FACTORY / HOUSE: Rolex Watch Company STYLE / REFERENCE: Oyster Perpetual / Air King / Reference 5500 METAL / MATERIAL: Stainless Steel CIRCA / YEAR: Early 1970's DIMENSIONS / SIZE: L...

FACTORY / HOUSE: Rolex Watch Company STYLE / REFERENCE: Datejust / Reference 1601 CIRCA / YEAR: Early 1970's MOVEMENT / CALIBER: Perpetual Winding / 26 Jewels / Caliber 1570 DIAL / ...

LIP Rare Super Nautic-Ski, circa 1972 Steel, rubber strap. Blue dial. Electronic (battery to change). Box. LIP.R184. Warranty 1 year.

Ref.1803 Case: 18 kt yellow gold in three parts, screw back and crown. Engraved bezel in stunning condition. Dial: original champagne dial with black graphics, applied gold indexes...

Our vintage and extremely rare IWC Schaffhausen in 18k yellow gold with integrated bracelet features an onyx dial with applied red Oman Khanjar. Likely...

Modernist pendant-brooch designed by Kutchinsky. Beautiful geometric retro pendant, created in London, United Kingdom by the famous jewelry house of Kutchinsky, back in the 1972. Th...

Elegant ladies watch. Made and signed by PIAGET. 18K yellow gold. The dial is completely covered with hand-set diamonds, approximately 1.00 ...

A stunning, fine and impressive vintage 4.82 carat diamond and platinum cocktail watch made by Admina; part of our collection of ladies diamond watches This stunning and unusual vintage diamond...

Ladies watch Eviana. Rond 18 carat white gold case.. Set with 16 brilliant-cut diamonds - total weight : 0,80 carat approximately Revised and controlled watch - Very good condition a...

Piaget 18kt White Gold & Diamond 32mm Limelight Gala Watch - A beautiful bracelet watch crafted in 18kt white gold - Case set with 62 brillian...

Fine and feminine in fourteen carat white gold, this women's diamond enhanced antique bracelet watch by Carloto is exquisite. Thirty six H/I1 diamonds, totaling one third carat tota...