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january 27, 2016 - Vacheron Constantin
Vacheron Constantin Overseas and Steve McCurry crossed perspectives on the world
Vacheron Constantin announces an exceptional collaboration with a Legendary photographer, Steve McCurry, in order to illustrate the Overseas collection. The Manufacture offers a distinctive perspective on the world through the lens of this great master of images. Like the 12 hours of the dial, the photojournalist will immortalise 12 unexpected locations, like so many unique moments captured in eternity.
The spirit of travel at Vacheron Constantin
With their casual elegance and practicality, the new Overseas watches embody the spirit of travel in all its glory, an ethos that hones a sharper vision ceaselessly enhanced by new discoveries. This openness to the world lies at the very core of the philosophy of excellence cultivated by the oldest watch manufacturer since its 1755 founding in Geneva. Resolutely looking toward faraway horizons right from its very beginnings, the Maison that successfully established a presence on four continents in the 18th century already has built its expansion by exploring the planet. Its archives contain historical records named “Rencontre” in which sales that took place abroad were kept. Its fame has thus been shaped through these encounters taking place in increasingly remote locations over more than 260 years of history and uninterrupted expertise.
Vacheron Constantin and Steve McCurry: an exceptional collaboration
Reflecting the essence of modern Fine Watchmaking dedicated to comfort, the new Overseas models are the ideal companions of modern travellers who are steadily enriched by every successive encounter and every fresh discovery. To highlight this perspective of the world shaped by travel, Vacheron Constantin has selected a legendary photographer, who places the notion of humanity at the very heart of his work: Steve McCurry. Behind this partnership lies the notion of eternity, the common denominator between the photographer and the Manufacture, as much with regard to the representation of the world as to the expression of time.
Capturing a moment of eternity
While Steve McCurry first and foremost dreamt of becoming a filmmaker, he ended up enrolling at the College of Arts and Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania. Following his studies, he undertook a tour of Europe, and subsequently visited South America and Africa. In order to reconcile his profession with his love of travelling, Steve McCurry decided to become a photojournalist. His philosophy of work took shape, focused on observing life… and waiting. He explains that by doing so, “people will forget your camera and the soul will drift up into view.” He began covering international and civil conflicts, winning the Robert Capa Gold Medal Award in recognition of his courage and resourceful spirit. Rewarded and acclaimed all over the world, his work is guided by a sense of wonderment with regard to the planet and the people he meets. His relationship to human beings is unique, as is his relationship with time. He has indeed made the latter his greatest ally, as someone constantly seeking out “the unexpected, the moment of serendipity, thus enabling accidental discoveries of interesting things one was not looking for.” His curiosity, his ability to surpass the boundaries of language and culture so as to capture their
meaning and their humanity, make him the finest interpreter of the spirit of travel according to Vacheron Constantin and the Overseas Collection.
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