Vacheron Constantin’s Les Cabinotiers watch is its most technical timepiece yet

THE LATEST WATCH to join Vacheron Constantin’s Les Cabinotiers collection is the Temporis Duo Grand Complication Openface (lets call it Temporis for short), a timepiece that includes a minute repeater, split-seconds chronograph and a tourbillon regulator.

It’s a long name for a long list of very impressive attributes.

This type of technology isn’t usually seen on one’s wrist. Traditionally, the combination of all three elements have been found in pocket watches because their volumes are more suitable, and it was deemed a challenge to work with less space. But Vacheron Constantin managed to develop a suped-up timepiece back in 2022 with the first Les Cainotiers watch, which was finished with a calibre 2757.

For this latest iteration, a new version of the calibre (the 2757 S) has been added with a spherical hairspring to improve isochronism. It comprises of nearly 700 components, including the tourbillon cage inspired by the maison’s emblem, the Maltese cross. Unlike the original, this take has an open-worked sapphire dial to show off the engineering complexity for all to see.

Naturally, materials had to be tweaked to ensure its thinness, meaning some of the wheels in the gear train are made of titanium; meanwhile, the chronograph seconds hands are crafted with aluminium while the split-seconds levers and its insulators are made of silicon. This contributes to a power reserve of 50 hours.

To put it simply, the Temporis is as pleasing on the eye as it is innovative. As it’s a single-piece edition (price upon request, of course), its rareness adds to its mystique, too.

This story originally appeared on Esquire UK.

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