Vacheron Constantin Malte brings together the watchmaker's principles into one harmonious and powerful collection. Style, aesthetic design and movement complications are all balanced in order to create solid and effective watches that can be identified as sporty, classy, dressy and casual, depending on the model. And balance here doesn't mean compromise. On the contrary, what distinguishes Malte is how the company pushes nearly every aspect of watchmaking to the apex of performance and execution, eschewing overloading the watches with admirable ease – which, no doubt, only looks that easy. In a way, in Malte collection Vacheron Constantin pushes all buttons, all at once, producing an overwhelming, almost imperial harmony – not unlike thick, absorbing organ music.

As befits a versatile and broad collection, Malte is available in more than one shape, watches being made for both men and women. The perfect circle (that in a way continues the Patrimony tradition) is joined by an elegant, rather masculine, rectangular-shaped (with curved sides) line of watches. Malte can be identified immediately by three distinct features: an additional bulge on the lugs, which imparts the timepieces a privileged, aristocratic image, sword-shaped hands that reinforce the overall effect of power, and the crown bearing the Maltese Cross, Vacheron Constantin official logo. Many models feature diamonds as a matter of fact, almost functional addition. Some ladies watches, in order to reach a jewelry status, were covered entirely (literally, “paved”) with diamonds.

Let's examine some of the complications in Vacheron Constantin Malte. The most unique complication, no doubt, is the dual time regulator. This timepiece features separate hour and minutes hands, a subdial added for the latter. The rationale behind this complication is to reduce friction, and thus to increase overall accuracy. While at the first glance something seems to be missing in this watch, the disposition of the minutes hand allows for instant time reading after some visual habit readjustment. The dual time regulator hardly looks like a watch – it resembles a precision instrument, which, in fact, it is. Other complications include the tourbillon models, the openworked models (which have more collectible than practical value), the minute repeater, power reserve, perpetual calendar, chronograph, chronometer (the Royal Eagle line), and more. Malte includes every complication the Vacheron Constantin ever concieved, becoming a showcase for the Swiss watchmaker's achievements.

Vacheron Constantin Malte is first and foremost a conception: it achieves a transcendent status of a collection where each timepiece becomes a part of something bigger than itself. For that reason Vacheron Constantin Malte is a social watch, suitable for individuals who strongly identify with a group and who see the social unit as an ideal that means more than any of the individual members. This social unit can be a class, a family, or even an army unit. The real temptation in Vacheron Constantin Malte is to assign a watch to each member of the group – each having a different timepiece only he or she wears – the total of watches symbolizing a motto that propels that group.