Are Vacheron Constantin watches any good?

As you all know, Vacheron Constantin's popularity in recent years has been for sports watches. There are 3 famous luxury sports watches in the world, they are known as the "king of steel watches" are Nautilus, Royal Oak, Vacheron Constantin belongs to the four seas, the four seas in the history of a long span of time, during this period experienced a lot of revisions, we today together to explore the history of the four seas, to learn the watch general knowledge.

1) The predecessor of Vacheron Constantin

In the late 1970s, the watch presented a new kind of luxury steel watch. You should know that in the past, sports watches were presented in the style of small gold watches. Audemars Piguet took the lead in launching the Royal Oak, a luxury sports watch with angular, one-piece case planning, extreme water resistance, and the earliest Royal Oak used Jaeger-LeCoultre's 920 ultra-thin active caliber, so it took into account the watch's thinness. Subsequently, Vacheron Constantin also followed up the launch of the 222 watch, (also Jaeger-LeCoultre provided the 920 ultra-thin active movement) which is the predecessor of the vertical and horizontal four oceans, in a certain sense, the vertical and horizontal four oceans some imitation of the Royal Oak, the use of the number of naming is because of the commemoration of the establishment of the 222 anniversary of the Vacheron Constantin, to the mid-1980s discontinued.

(2) The first generation of the vertical and horizontal

In 1996, Vacheron Constantin re-launched the 222 model named as the Longitude Four Seas, re-planning to present the first generation of the Longitude Four Seas. Vacheron Constantin positioned the Longitude Four Seas as a high-end sports watch, so it introduced an all-gold style, the bezel has the shadow of the Maltese logo, which is the biggest change, this bezel has always continued to this day, becoming a classic, the first generation of the Longitude Four Seas was criticized for the strap, the first generation is a more common three-row chain, the strap is planned to be slightly scribbling. So changes were made in the second generation.

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3) Zongyi Second Generation

The second generation of Vacheron Constantin is the successful work of Vacheron Constantin to turn over the situation, in a certain sense, this generation of Vacheron Constantin represents the history of Vacheron Constantin's luxury steel watch, the second generation of Vacheron Constantin is always produced from 2004 to 2016, a very long span of time, during the period of Vacheron Constantin to launch a lot of models, there is an annual calendar version, the tourbillon, as well as kinetic energy reserve, dual-place chronograph and other functions. The materials range from all gold to intermediate gold, steel watches are all included, and many of the movements used are the same, all from Jaeger-LeCoultre. Provide movement for PP, VC, AP these brands, is also a tradition of Jaeger-LeCoultre, retain the Maltese cross bezel together, the strap has also made changes, and the bezel corresponds to make other types of Maltese. The second generation of the longitudinal four seas is highly recognizable, the bezel strap has become the longitudinal four seas of the two major recognizable, I have to say that the second generation of the longitudinal four seas to Vacheron Constantin sports watch to a new height. It is also this generation of the Horizontal Edition that laid the foundation for the "King of Steel Watches".

(3) Vertical and Horizontal Third Generation (active)

The time has come to the third generation of the four seas, but also individuals think that the current extremely beautiful a watch, the third generation of the four seas in the planning of the return of the first generation of the style of the watch, the whole watch is not so rigid, remove the corners of the watch, the watch all hair round, some of the meek, in line with the current aesthetic, the size of the second generation of the 42MM, reduced to 41MM. to equip the watch with a variety of styles, the adoption of a watch with three straps, rubber, crocodile and steel straps, the equipment. The watch is equipped with a variety of styles, adopting a watch with three straps, rubber leather, crocodile leather and steel strap. In the bezel made changes, the original is octagonal horse other bezel, now the third generation changed into 6 horns of the horse other.

第三代纵横四海开始使用品牌资产机芯，运用5100机芯，有日内瓦印记，一起装备了金材质的罗盘主动陀造型，算是二代纵横四海的升级版，保留了大部分二代的元素。

Tips Summary: The vertical and horizontal is Vacheron Constantin's entry-level watch, but also a model of luxury steel watch, whether it is the history or equipment are very rich in this category includes the complicated watchmaking and the root of the big three hands, no matter what level of the watch friends will always be able to see their own preferred style, luxury, durable, recognition and high, the future market will be more optimistic.