Is it important to find new materials, new architecture for watch movements?
Juan-Carlos Torres: For some very contemporary brands, new materials and architecture are essential to make them recognizable or to underline a permanent state of research and creativity. We prefer to consider the whole timepiece, including the movement, when speaking about new materials and new architecture. It is of prime importance to Vacheron Constantin not to forget about our positioning as an emblematic Maison of classical Haute Horlogerie. For this reason, we focus on creative and innovative concepts that include new techniques and new materials, but clearly inside our culture and our tradition. A very good example of this would be the Métiers d’Art ‘Les Masques’ collection launched this year. Anthony de Haas: In principle I would say yes, we should extend our pursuit of new solutions to materials and architecture as well, but not as an end in itself. For us it is important that a new material or movement architecture serves a useful horological purpose and does not conflict wit
