The exceptional art of open working mechanical movements is practiced by few manufacturers these days.  Of the few companies which can practice this rare technique at the highest level, Vacheron Constantin is considered by many to be the best in the field.  Noted for their intricacy, beauty and hand craftsmanship, each Vacheron Constantin skeleton movement is a unique work of art, which takes shape under the hand of a skilled and irreplaceable artisan.  Each delicate bridge structure is carefully engraved by hand, so that even if one were to look at two examples in the same series, loupe in hand, these watches would differ in many minute details.  This is how art should be!

Whether the watch in question is a simple time-only piece as seen above, or a dazzling complicated watch, such as a minute repeater or tourbillon, the ability of Vacheron Constantin’s skilled masters to work and engrave the tiniest sections of metal results in creations of transcendental loveliness.