The ultimate feat of watchmaking: The Grande Sonnerie complication

All you need to know about horology’s most demanding creation.
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Vacheron Constantin Les Cabinotiers Symphonia Grande Sonnerie 1860

You would expect a manufacture with as long a history in making ultra-complicated watches as Vacheron Constantin to have made its first grande sonnerie sooner, but here it finally is. The entire watch took a single watchmaker 500 hours to assemble. A switch on the bezel lets you choose among the Grande Sonnerie, Petit Sonnerie and Silent mode, while a button in the crown activates a minute repeater.

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