wristwatch Vacheron Constantin -> Metiers Dart -> Les Masques Congo |
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| Brand: Vacheron Constantin |
| Series: Metiers Dart |
| Title : Les Masques Congo |
| Country of origin : Switzerland |
| Type of watch : men`s |
| case material : platinum |
| Waterproof : 30 m |
| power reserve : 40 of watches |
| Issued : 25 |
| case diameter : 40 мм |
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| Wristwatch Les Masques Congo (REF.86070/000P-9296) is not the only one in collection Les Masques from Swiss manufacture Vacheron Constantin made under influence of African mask. Though before watchmakers paid his attention famous artist abstracted Pablo Picasso. Face mask, founded in Congo, in the area of high inflows of river Likuala, became the part of picture “Girl from Avignon” (1907). If look at the picture of Picasso, you can see that the same face has girl in right upper corner, moving the curtain. Nowadays this picture is situated in Museum of modern art in New-York. With time the object of this museum became the mask itself from Congo, which painted the artist . It is made from half hard wood and decorated with ornament, combining black, red and white colors. This mask considers to be one of outstanding piece of traditional sculpture of Central Africa. Earlier it belonged to Aristid Curtua, who was the leader of one of colonies. In 1984 mask changed home, moving to Geneva. Designers of manufacture Vacheron Constantin couldn't pay attention on it. Mask attracts with unusual concave and elongated profile, relief of which marks with special form of eyes and miniature projecting mouth. Movement of wristwatch Les Masques Congo is unique. Vacheron Constantin masters made for watch of this collection caliber 2460 G4. Les Masques Congo doesn't have hands. There are four windows in the dial, in which with the help of rotating discs show minutes, hours, day of the week and date. Les Masques China is equipped with automatic winding function, letting movement to work during 40 hours. Watch has water resistance is up to 30 meters. Movement is fixed in round case with diameter of 40 mm, made from platinum. The noble of metal marks strap from leather of dark-brown color. Mask is not the only one decoration of watch Les Masques Congo. It is complemented with poems of French poet Michel Butor, which he dedicated to pattern of traditional African culture: “They will - in the thickening shadows on all that has caught your eye, so that the beam of the sun and the flame is always impatient, now, have only been with you, touching the face, decorating the body piercing arrows of heat, light spilling on the souls of departments, revealing all the secrets in the them fully.” Wristwatch Les Masques Congo can be bought only in complexion of another series of pieces Les Masques. In general were made 25 pieces of such watches by masters Vacheron Constantin. By purchasing it, you become the owner of not only an excellent instrument for measuring time, but also pieces of traditional African culture, estimated at its true worth by Pablo Picasso. |
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