Vacheron Constantin is taking a page out of the auto world’s handbook. The Swiss watchmaker is launching a global watch competition that invites collectors and watch obsessives alike to show off their coveted timepieces from the brand. Done in partnership with Phillips and Bacs & Russo, the Vacheron Constantin Concours d’Élégance Horlogère will shine a light on both historical and contemporary pieces of haute horlogerie, which will compete for seven awards across a variety of categories. To be eligible for the competition, collectors must submit a VC pocket watch or wristwatch that was launched between 1755 and 1999. Exceptions to the fun include quartz watches, clocks, and heavily modified pieces. In terms of those seven Vacheron Constantin Concours d’Élégance categories, kicking things off is chiming mechanism accolade, for those timepieces equipped exclusively with a minute repeater, quarter repeater, half-quarter repeater, or grande sonnerie, followed by chronographs, for watches with a two- or three-counter chronograph, a..
