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Vacheron Constantin, what are the brand stories of Jaeger-LeCoultre watches?

1755, the young talented watchmaker Jean-Marc Vacheron founded his first watchmaking studio in the center of Geneva.

Jean-Marc Vacheron's timepiece made by "attic craftsman" made him famous internationally.

18 19, experienced businessman Fran? Ois Constantin cooperated with the descendants of Jean-Marc Vacheron Constantin to establish the famous Vacheron Constantin.

1839, Vacheron Constantin invited Georges-Auguste Leschot as the company's technical director, thus rewriting the history of the company and the whole watch industry and bringing a breakthrough reform to the whole Swiss watch industry. Because before this, the watch movement was composed of parts made independently by hand, and the handwork of each part was different, which led to the fact that the movement parts could not be replaced with each other. Georges-Auguste Leschot's revolutionary invention changed the whole tabulation process, greatly shortened the tabulation time and improved the tabulation efficiency.

1880, Vacheron Constantin officially registered the Maltese Cross as a company trademark. "Maltese Cross" was originally a small part above the clockwork cover in the movement, and its function was to prevent the clockwork from winding excessively, thus making the timepiece run more accurately.

Jiekai droz and Leschott (about 1780-90) are undoubtedly the representatives of the watch industry. They have offices in London and Geneva and ship watches to China by sea.

1846, Vacheron Constantin delivered 33 pairs of watches to Mr. Duval in Guangdong.

1904 On August 22nd, when China's ambassador to Paris visited Geneva, he ordered two gold enamel hunting watches from Vacheron Constantin: one with a beautiful design of French queen Marie Antoinette and the other with two swans.

In 2003, Vacheron Constantin's Richemont Group held the "Montres &: Merveilles ",Vacheron Constantin presented an ultra-thin watch to Mr. Puren, a famous calligrapher in China, the last representative of the Manchu Dynasty and the younger brother of the last emperor of China. In order to express his gratitude to the brand, Mr. Puren also signed Aisingioro Puren on Vacheron Constantin's catalogue as a souvenir.