VACHERON CONSTANTIN, PLATINUM SALTARELLO, REF. 43040

According to our research, the present model was in production for only four years with approximately 192 pieces in gold and 131 pieces in platinum made.

Taking its inspiration from the Art Deco period, the elegant “Saltarello” wristwatch model uses the ingenious mechanism with jumping hours and rotating minutes pointer in a sunken channel originally patented by the Swiss watchmaker Robert Cart around 1925 under Swiss patent number 130191. This system of jumping hours and wandering minutes was known as the “Chronoscope” and gained particular popularity as of the the mid-1920s, the design suiting the Art Deco period perfectly with its avant-garde look, the traditional hour and minute hands pared down to bold geometric shapes. The system was used in watches by several renowned companies such as Vacheron & Constantin, Cartier, Gübelin and Breguet.