Vacheron Constantin Built a Watch Prototype for a Mt. Everest Climb

Just as Omega has built a Grade 5 titanium watch capable of diving to the deepest point on Earth -- the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench -- Vacheron Constantin has taken timepiece technology in the other direction, to reach the highest point on our planet: Mount Everest.Professional photographer and alpinist Cory Richards recently embarked on a treacherous journey to the summit of Mount Everest for the third time, and accompanying him was a prototype built by Vacheron Constantin. The Swiss ...