{"id":34743,"date":"2019-05-29T06:00:58","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T13:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/rolex-blog\/?p=34743"},"modified":"2019-11-06T16:46:25","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T00:46:25","slug":"vacheron-blockchain-authenticate-watches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/rolex-blog\/breaking-news\/vacheron-blockchain-authenticate-watches.html","title":{"rendered":"Vacheron Constantin Uses Blockchain to Authenticate Watches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Earlier this month, we reported on the fascinating development of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">chemical profiling<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to help expose counterfeit luxury watches and even trace them back to their original source. Now, more impressive tech is being employed to fight against both counterfeit and stolen timepieces using Blockchain \u2013 a tamper-resistant list of records, called blocks, each of which contains a cryptographic \u201chash\u201d of the previous block, a timestamp, and transaction data. <\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19167\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19167\" style=\"width: 1600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19167 size-full\" title=\"Vacheron Constantin Overseas\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/rolex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Vacheron-Constantin-Overseas-dual-time.jpg\" alt=\"Blockchain\" width=\"1600\" height=\"894\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/rolex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Vacheron-Constantin-Overseas-dual-time.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/rolex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Vacheron-Constantin-Overseas-dual-time-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/rolex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Vacheron-Constantin-Overseas-dual-time-768x429.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/rolex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Vacheron-Constantin-Overseas-dual-time-1024x572.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/rolex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Vacheron-Constantin-Overseas-dual-time-585x327.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19167\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the oldest and most traditional luxury watchmakers is embracing modern technology as a means to authenticate watches. (Image: Vacheron Constantin)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><b>Blockchain<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s best known as the technology behind Bitcoin, but the applications for the luxury watch industry are obvious. There are now a number of European startups working on this very thing, and now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/vacheron-constantin-1.html\">Vacheron Constantin<\/a>, one of the oldest watchmakers in the world and part of the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHoly Trinity\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of Swiss watches, founded in 1755, has become the first major brand to embrace it.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34745\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34745\" style=\"width: 526px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-34745 size-full\" title=\"Vacheron Constantin Blockchain\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/rolex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/thumbnail_image004.jpg\" alt=\"Blockchain\" width=\"526\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/rolex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/thumbnail_image004.jpg 526w, https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/rolex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/thumbnail_image004-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/rolex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/thumbnail_image004-511x380.jpg 511w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34745\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">By using Blockchain, each timepiece will have a tamper-resistant list of records which will help prove authenticity and provenance. (Image: Vacheron Constantin)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s estimated that sales of fake and pirated goods total about $500 billion a year, or around 2.5% of global imports. Those without a Blockchain-certified provenance would be immediately suspect, those with the appropriate data would be above reproach. \u201cIt\u2019s like the passport of the product,\u201d Luc Jodet, co-founder of Arianee, a Paris-based startup working on one such system, tells the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Financial Times\u2019s <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sifted<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u201cIt proves that it\u2019s yours, it\u2019s authentic, and you can transfer it to anyone you want.\u201d Analyst, Luca Solca tells the site he thinks the biggest challenge to making it work in practice will be \u201cdefining an industry standard so that consumers will not be asked to use ten different ways to check on their products.\u201d Early standardization in the luxury watch industry could be very important.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22449\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22449\" style=\"width: 8161px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22449 size-full\" title=\"Vacheron Constantin Pheonix\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/rolex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Les-Cabinotiers-Grand-Complication-Phoenix-Side-Shot.jpg\" alt=\"Blockchain\" width=\"8161\" height=\"5771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/rolex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Les-Cabinotiers-Grand-Complication-Phoenix-Side-Shot.jpg 8161w, https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/rolex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Les-Cabinotiers-Grand-Complication-Phoenix-Side-Shot-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/rolex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Les-Cabinotiers-Grand-Complication-Phoenix-Side-Shot-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/rolex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Les-Cabinotiers-Grand-Complication-Phoenix-Side-Shot-1024x724.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/rolex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Les-Cabinotiers-Grand-Complication-Phoenix-Side-Shot-537x380.jpg 537w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 8161px) 100vw, 8161px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22449\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Effective immediately, all Les Collectionneurs pieces will be Blockchain stamped. (Image: Vacheron Constantin)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><b>Setting the Standard<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vacheron Constantin now has the chance to not only set that standard and get lots of good press in the process, but perhaps also improve sales. Effective immediately, all Les Collectionneurs vintage pieces sold through Vacheron Constantin will be Blockchain stamped, giving them permanent digital passports of authenticity, and obviously increasing their appeal over untraceable pieces.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34746\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34746\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-34746 size-full\" title=\"Vacheron Constantin watches\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/rolex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/thumbnail_VC-12.jpg\" alt=\"Blockchain\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/rolex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/thumbnail_VC-12.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/rolex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/thumbnail_VC-12-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/rolex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/thumbnail_VC-12-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/rolex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/thumbnail_VC-12-140x140.jpg 140w, https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/rolex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/thumbnail_VC-12-380x380.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34746\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It seems only logical that the other brands in Richemont&#8217;s portfolio will adopt Blockchain in the near future. (Image: Vacheron Constantin)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As Vacheron is a Richemont brand, we expect the luxury conglomerate\u2019s other high-profile watchmakers including IWC, A. Lange &amp; S\u00f6hne, Jaeger-LeCoultre, and Panerai to follow suit. Meanwhile LVMH, which owns Hublot, Zenith, and TAG Heuer, is reportedly developing its own Blockchain platform called Aura. And of course, all of this applies only to consumers who want to be certain that they are buying authentic watches; there will always be a big market for heavily discounted luxury timepieces (along with the potential hazards of counterfeits), Blockchain or no Blockchain.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this month, we reported on the fascinating development of chemical profiling to help expose counterfeit luxury watches and even [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":22449,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2150],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[2298],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Vacheron Constantin Uses Blockchain to Authenticate Watches - Bob&#039;s Watches<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Vacheron Constantin has announced that they will start using Blockchain (the technology behind Bitcoin) to help deter counterfeits and authenticate watches.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/rolex-blog\/breaking-news\/vacheron-blockchain-authenticate-watches.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Vacheron Constantin Uses Blockchain to Authenticate Watches - 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