{"product_id":"vacheron-constantin-rectangular-steel-dress-watch-as08339","title":"Vacheron Constantin Rectangular Steel Dress Watch","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eSimple doesn’t have to mean boring—and this watch by Vacheron Constantin proves it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAs a member of the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHoly Trinity\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eof watch brands, Vacheron Constantin is generally less understood than either of its respected compatriots. VC has a legacy of producing some of the very finest high horology complications in history - and some of the loveliest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSports watches came later to VC, as pressure from the new ‘luxury sports watch’ category introduced in the early 1970s forced the storied brand to evolve — but historically, classically styled dress pieces is where Vacheron cut their teeth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThis particular piece, a dress watch dating to circa the 1930s-1940s, features a gorgeous 23mm rectangular case with gorgeous beveled lugs and an acrylic crystal, and a satin silver dial with gold-foil ‘Arabic’ indices, a matching blued-steel ‘sword’ handset, an outer ‘railroad’ minute track, and a sub-seconds display above 6 o’clock. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ePowered by Vacheron Constnatin's Calibre 435\/3C hand-cranking movement, this fabulously cool timepiece comes fitted to one of our Analog:Shift brown alligator-pattern leather straps with a steel pin buckle.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eYou'd be forgiven for mistaking this piece for a Jaeger-Lecoultre Reverso at first glance, which is no insult, but this fantastically cool watch hails from one of the most stories houses in watchmaking and offers its own take on the rectangular watch shape, particularly popular at this point in time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eWith timelessly appealing looks, pedigree to rival the very best, and a versatile size — wear it today with everything from a suit or other formalwear to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ea t-shirt and jeans; it's all fair game, and there is no saying when another will surface again.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vacheron Constantin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40173981597783,"sku":"40991296","price":6250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0809\/1255\/files\/AS08339_40991296_VACHERONCONSTANTIN_RECTANGULARSTEELDRESSWATCH-6.jpg?v=1730488692","url":"https:\/\/www.analogshift.com\/products\/vacheron-constantin-rectangular-steel-dress-watch-as08339","provider":"Analog:Shift","version":"1.0","type":"link"}