Vacheron Constantin

1930

Calibre RA 12’’’ PC minute repeater wrist watch in white gold cushion case with rose gold repeater slide, measuring 33.5mm x 41.5mm.

1936

Reference 3620.  Minute repeater, unique piece for Spanish client.  Gold tonneau case, day of the week, date via retrograde hand, numerals in blue.  Believed to be the first wrist watch with a retrograde hand.

1942

Reference 4261.  Minute repeater, produced in pink, yellow and white gold, and platinum: 17 pieces from 1942, 9 pieces from 1944 and 10 pieces beginning in 1951, 5.25mm movement thickness.

1955 

Reference 4261.  In platinum, 3.28mm movement.

1957

Reference 4293.  Minute repeater, triple date with moon phases.  Calibre RA 13’’’ from 1943, 29 jewels, 38mm rose gold case, sold in 1957.

1958

Minute repeater, yellow gold hunting case, movement 4.7mm thick.

1961

Reference 6448.  Minute repeater.  Produced in 3 pieces, each with different dial: white gold with diamond indexes (sold in 1961), white gold regular dial (sold in 1962) and  platinum with diamond indexes (sold in 1962).

1962

Reference 4444 / 6526.  Minute repeater chronograph, perpetual calendar with moon phases.  Introduced in 1946, revised with change of reference number in 1962.  Produced in 6 pieces.

1992 

Reference 30020.  Minute repeater with perpetual calendar, calibre 1755, yellow gold or platinum case.  Perpetual calendar module increased thickness to 4.9mm.

Tourbillon

Minute repeater

Power reserve indicator

Day/Date/Month

Leap year indicator

Perpetual calendar with moon phases

2nd time zone

Sonnerie level indication

Equation of time with Sunrise and Sunset

Celestial chart of Northern hemisphere

Sidereal time

7 pieces made for Vacheron Constantin’s 250th anniversary between 2005 and 2007.  A unique black dial version was offered at the Vacheron Constantin 250th anniversary thematic auction in 2005.  It appeared again at auction in January of 2021 but failed to sell.

2005  Esprit des Cabinotiers

Unique piece made for Vacheron Constantin’s 250th anniversary, base movement from 1934.  Case consists of a gold sphere weighting 3.5kg, engraved with a representation of a sky chart drawn by the geographer to King Louis XV of France.  Eight panels, activated by a hidden button, progressively open via a spring mechanism to reveal the clock.  Opening mechanism crafted by automaton maker François Junod.  A central telescoping cylinder raises the timepiece via sixteen connecting rods articulating on sapphire balls. 

Day/Date/Month
Perpetual calendar with leap year
Moon phases
Equation of time
2nd time zone
Sonnerie en passant
Thermometer
Signs of the zodiac
Power reserve indicator

2006

Reference 30040.  Minute repeater with perpetual calendar, calibre 1755 QP, 41mm Malte  case in rose gold.  In 2010 the last 8 calibre 1755, with Quantième Perpétuels, were cased in platinum.

2007 

Patrimony Traditionnelle Calibre 2755.  Pink gold case, platinum version introduced in 2010.  Special edition for retailer Dubail in 2009, pink gold with brown dial.  Also one unique piece for each Boutique opening in London, Paris and New York.  

Tourbillon

Day/Date/Month

Leap year indicator

Perpetual calendar

Minute repeater

Power reserve indicator