Caliber 5100 from Vacheron Constantin

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Originally Posted by Rolextellstime

Thanks for the input, it already helped my quest for info. Through your post I learned that it has a twin barrel.

My knowledge of watch movements is limited but as far as I can tell it has a free sprung balance wheel. I also heard that the movement is made of palladium, this I was told by the AD but have not been able to confirm independently. Any idea if this might be true?

Also, I am interested if the movement has some sort of shock absorbers and if it is robust. The watch overall appears way more robust than both the Royal Oak and the Nautilus.

Thanks for all the input. Much appreciated

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I‘m pretty sure it’s not made of palladium. It also doesn’t have a free sprung balance. But I can report from taking it mountaineering fairly regularly that it is indeed a robust little machine that doesn’t really care much about tremors or vibrations it seems. Definitely held up well in activities I wouldn’t dare submit a 324 or a 2121 to.