The year 1947 marked a pivotal moment for Vulcain with the launch of the world's first alarm wristwatch featuring a striking mechanism: the Cricket. The sound would become a Vulcain signature. It was not just audible – it was powerful enough to reliably wake its wearer (to the sound of a very vigorous and determined cricket). A world first, the Vulcain Cricket soon became very fashionable, earning the moniker "The Presidents' Watch" as President Harry S. Truman and his successors— Eisenhower, Nixon, and Johnson—also found it quite useful.
CASE
Material: Polished 316L steel case with circular satin-finished bezel and caseback
Diameter: 39 mm
Caseback: See through sapphire case back
Crystal: Anti-reflective domed sapphire crystal
Dial: Pale Salmon, Applied numerals, hour-markers and dauphine-type hands
Water-resistance: 5 ATM
CALIBER VULCAIN CRICKET MANUFACTURE V-10
Movement: 12-line mechanical hand-wound; alarm; 25 jewels, 165 components, double barrel, featuring the Exactomatic system
Decorations: Nickel-plated treatment, blued screws, skeletonized ratchets
Functions: Hours, minutes, center seconds, alarm • Frequency: 18,000 vibrations/hour
Power reserve: 52 hours
Alarm duration: approx. 20 seconds