One of 230
Inaugural Edition
Bourdon Blue
41 mm, grade 5 titanium
€29,000Excluding VAT
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Red, for the Principality.
The red dial was designed in close cooperation with the Palais Princier, and every piece carries MONACO engraved on the case. Fifty are made in grade 5 titanium and nine in 18K white gold, the latter with an 18K white gold micro rotor.
10% of the edition’s net sales are donated to the Foundation of HSH Princess Charlène. A Pièce Unique has been donated to the Foundation, to be auctioned with its proceeds given in full.
Technical characteristics.
The calibre in detailMovement
- Calibre
- VBA01, Van Bergen manufacture
- Winding
- Automatic, recessed micro rotor
- Rotor
- Micro rotor
- Height
- 2.5 mm
- Frequency
- 5 Hz, 36,000 alternations per hour
- Complication
- Sonnerie au passage, striking twice each hour
- Striking
- The largest hammer ever set in a wristwatch
- Finishing
- Bevelled and polished by hand; Côtes de Genève, circular graining and perlage
Case
- Diameter
- 41 mm
- Material
- Grade 5 titanium
- Crystal
- Sapphire
- Case back
- Sapphire, showing the hammer and gong
- Water resistance
- 30 m, preserving the acoustic chamber
- Engraving
- MONACO and the individual number, on the case
Dial and bracelet
- Dial
- Red, designed in close cooperation with the Palais Princier
- Pattern
- The Van Bergen checkerboard
- Indications
- Hours and minutes; the half hour, by sound
- Bracelet
- Grade 5 titanium, with quick change mechanism
- Strap
- Leather in Monaco red, delivered with the watch
Edition and delivery
- Edition
- Monaco Special Edition, 50 pieces in grade 5 titanium
- Presentation
- A Van Bergen bell, a bronze replica of a prize-winning bell of 1862
- Deliveries
- From the first quarter of 2027
- Acquisition
- By private appointment, with the maison or an authorised partner
Calibre VBA01.
Turn the watch over. Through the sapphire case back the hammer and gong are there to be seen, and the micro rotor carries the flag of the Principality. Twice each hour the hammer falls without being asked: the largest hammer ever set in a wristwatch, carried by a movement only 2.5 mm high.
- Height
- 2.5 mm
- Frequency
- 5 Hz
- Winding
- Recessed micro rotor
- Strike
- Twice each hour
The presentation
Presented in a Van Bergen bell.
Every Heero is entrusted in person, at a private appointment, and arrives in a Van Bergen bell: a precise bronze replica of a prize-winning bell the family cast in 1862.
The family of bellfoundersThe other models.
One of 230
Inaugural Edition
Forge Black
41 mm, grade 5 titanium
€29,000Excluding VAT
One of 230
Inaugural Edition
Clapper Silver
41 mm, grade 5 titanium
€29,000Excluding VAT
One of 230
Inaugural Edition
Viridian Green
41 mm, grade 5 titanium
€29,000Excluding VAT
One of 230
Inaugural Edition
Vesper Violet
41 mm, grade 5 titanium
€29,000Excluding VAT
One of 10
World Caviar Awards Edition
World Caviar Awards Edition
41 mm, grade 5 titanium and 18K rose gold
€49,000Excluding VAT
A Van Bergen is received, not purchased.
Every piece is entrusted in person, at a private appointment with the maison or an authorised partner. It is presented in a Van Bergen bell, a bronze replica of a prize-winning bell the family cast in 1862, and first deliveries begin in the first quarter of 2027.
