Calibre VMF 6000 - Vaucher Manufacture Fleurier

Calibre VMF 6000
Manually-wound movement 13’’’ x 10 ½’’’
with twin barrels in series tonneau shape, 8-day power reserve
This tonneau shape calibre was first produced in the Vaucher Manufacture Fleurier workshops in 1998. It is the first longduration movement produced by a Swiss manufacture. Available in quantities from 100 to 500 per year, it offers haute
horlogerie finishing and decoration. The shape and decoration of the bridges can be personalised on request.
Main dimensions
Fitting-diameter 29.3 x 23.6 mm (13’’’ x 10 ½’’’)
Depth 4.9 mm
Frequency
3 Hz (21,600 A/h)
Power reserve
8 days
Balancier
Swan neck balance-cock
Indications and functions
Hours, minutes, seconds at 6 o’clock, calendar aperture at 6 o’clock,
power reserve at 12 o’clock, semi-instantaneous simple calendar
Finishing
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Decorated. rhodium-plated nickel silver cage
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Hand-polished chamfers and bevels
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Circular-graining on top and bottom side of main plate, chamfered and sunk
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Burnished pivots (cylinder and shoulder) polished domes, undercut
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Geneva waves, rhodium-plated, straight grained sides
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Circular-graining on top and bottom side of main plate, rhodium-plated
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Chamfered and polished bridges, diamond machined chamfers
and bevels with rhodium-plated Geneva waves, colour contrast engraving
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Steel parts chamfered and polished, straight grained on the upper side
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Flat polished and bevelled screws
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