Vacheron Constantin and Louvre Launch Second Watch Collection Inspired by Ancient Civilizations

Key facts

• Vacheron Constantin and the Musée du Louvre have released their second collaborative watch collection.
• The collection 'Métiers d'Art – Hommage aux Grandes Civilisations' includes four timepieces inspired by Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Greek, and Roman antiquities.
• Nine decorative techniques are employed, with glyptics on natural stone being a first for the manufacturer.
• Sandrine Donguy, Director of Product and Innovation at Vacheron Constantin, oversaw the project, which involved a year of artwork selection with Louvre experts.
• Each dial features a central sculpted figure: the Buste d'Akhenaton, the Lamassu of Sargon II, the personified Tiber, and the Athena of Velletri.
• The stones used, such as sandstone from Sinai and marble from Thassos, match the geological origins of the original artifacts.
• A movement without hands displays time via peripheral apertures, and the reverse has an oscillating weight engraved with an 18th-century view of the Louvre.
• Limited to fifteen examples per civilization, each watch comes with a Louvre-signed certificate and can be stored in a marquetry wood case.