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Van Cleef and Arpels Maker’s Mark
Van Cleef and Arpels Maker’s Mark
Van Cleef and Arpels Maker’s Mark
Van Cleef and Arpels Maker’s Mark
Van Cleef and Arpels Maker’s Mark
Van Cleef and Arpels Maker’s Mark
Van Cleef and Arpels Maker’s Mark
Van Cleef and Arpels Maker’s Mark
Van Cleef and Arpels Maker’s Mark
Van Cleef and Arpels Maker’s Mark
Van Cleef and Arpels Maker’s Mark
Van Cleef and Arpels Maker’s Mark
Van Cleef and Arpels Maker’s Mark
Van Cleef and Arpels Maker’s Mark
Van Cleef and Arpels Maker’s Mark
Van Cleef and Arpels Maker’s Mark
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Van Cleef and Arpels

Country

City

New York NY, Paris

Symbol

building, cartouche, diamond, frame, lozenge, obelisk, rhombus

Shape

cartouche, diamond, frame, lozenge, rhombus

Era

e.1895

Description

Specialties

  • Luxury Watch Company.
  • Started by Jean-Marc Vacheron (1731-1805).

1770

  • Created the first complication.

1779

  • First engine-turned dials.

1785

  • Abraham Vacheron, Jean-Marc’s son, takes over.

1810

  • Jaques-Barthélemy Vacheron, grandson of Jean-Marc, runs the company.

1819

  • Jaques-Barthélemy’s export expansion requires a business partner.
  • Partnership established with Francois Constantin and firm was renamed Vacheron et Constantin.

1839

  • Georges-Auguste Leschot joined the firm and invented standardized caliber watch movements.

1844

  • Georges-Auguste Leschot invented a pantographic device for engraving small watch parts.

1885

  • First nonmagnetic timepiece able to withstand magnetic fields.

1887

  • Became a stock company.

1970

  • Company was renamed, dropping the “et” between the names.

1996

  • Bought out by Richemont Group.
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