This year, Vacheron Constantin celebrates its 270th anniversary, making it the oldest continually operating manufacture in the world. With that in mind, Vacheron Constantin’s Watches & Wonders 2025 releases celebrate the manufacture’s rich watchmaking traditions, combining classic aesthetics with exacting technical standards. Focusing its attention on its stable of dress watches, Vacheron Constantin has iterated on its Traditionnelle and Patrimony collections this year. Let’s dive into it.
Traditionnelle Manual Winding
Vacheron Constantin’s Traditionelle collection pays homage to the traditions of 18th-century Genevan haute horology, with its key signatures including stepped lugs, a fluted caseback, and a slimline bezel. Meanwhile, watchmaking tradition is seen in the railway minutes track, faceted Dauphine-style hands, and applied gold baton-type hour-markers.
The Traditionelle Manual Winding is presented in a 38mm case crafted from rose gold or platinum, with both case metal options housing a dial with a geometric motif inspired by the Maltese Cross, created to celebrate the manufacture’s anniversary. The Traditionnelle Manual Winding is powered by the in-house calibre 4400 AS/270, which is decorated with a côte unique finish and engraved with the anniversary emblem.
Model: Traditionelle Manual Winding (ref. 82172/000P-H062 [platinum]; 82172/000R-H118 [rose gold])
Availability: 370 examples per reference
Case size: 38mm
Movement: 4400 AS/270 (manually wound)
Water resistance: 3ATM
Functions: hours, minutes, small seconds
Power reserve: 65 hours
Traditionnelle Moon Phase
The Traditionnelle Moon Phase is housed within a 36mm rose gold case with a diamond-set bezel. It’s powered by the in-house calibre 1410 AS/270, an astronomical moonphase movement which only needs to be adjusted once every 122 years. The mother-of-pearl dial is decorated with the aforementioned geometric motif, while the minutes track, power reserve indicator, and moonphase display are bathed in pink tones.
Model: Traditionnelle Moon Phase (ref. 83570/000R-H060)
Availability: 270 examples
Case size: 36mm
Movement: 1410 AS/270 (manually wound)
Water resistance: 3ATM
Functions: hours, minutes, small seconds, astronomical moonphase, power reserve indicator
Power reserve: 38 hours
Patrimony Moon Phase Retrograde Date
Vacheron Constantin’s Patrinomy timepieces are known for their ultra-thin profiles, inspired by the timepieces the manufacture produced during the 1950s. The minimalist style is defined by its round case with a slim bezel, a subtly domed dial with curved applied hour indices, and curved baton hands. The new Patrimony Moon Phase Retrograde Date sees the 42.5mm rose or white gold timepiece fitted with an astronomical moonphase display at 6 o’clock and a retrograde date indication on the upper half of the dial. It’s powered by the in-house calibre 2460 R31L/270, an automatic movement with a 40-hour power reserve.
Model: Patrimony Moon Phase Retrograde Date (ref. 4010U/000G-H057 [white gold]; 4010U/000R-H117 [rose gold])
Availability: 270 examples per reference
Case size: 42.5mm
Movement: 2460 R31L/270 (automatic)
Water resistance: 3ATM
Functions: hours, minutes, seconds, astronomical moonphase, retrograde date
Power reserve: 40 hours
Patrimony Self-Winding
Finally, the refreshingly pared-back Patrimony Self-Winding is housed in a 40mm white or rose gold case, which has a silver dial embellished with the 270th anniversary motif. The time-and-date model displayed the hours, minutes, and central seconds and has a dainty date window at 6 o’clock. It’s powered by the in-house 2450 Q6/270, an automatic movement with a stop-second system to allow for precise time setting.
Model: Patrimony Self-Winding (ref. 85180/000G-H035 [white gold]; 85180/000R-H116 [rose gold])
Availability: 370 examples per reference
Case size: 40mm
Movement: 2450 Q6/270 (automatic)
Water resistance: 3ATM
Functions: hours, minutes, seconds, date
Power reserve: 40 hours
Traditionnelle Tourbillon Perpetual Calendar
In 2005, Vacheron Constantin celebrated its 250th anniversary with the launch of the Saint-Gervais reference, a manually wound movement with a tourbillon regulator and a perpetual calendar with four barrels, bestowing it with an impressive 250-hour power reserve. Two decades on, the manufacture has united the complication and the regulatory movement in a new automatic calibre, the 2162 QP/270. The new movement is based on the calibre 2160 (from the 2018 Traditionelle Self-Winding Tourbillon), which was redesigned to accommodate the additional complication without adding thickness.
The new movement is housed within the Traditionnelle Tourbillon Perpetual Calendar, which takes form in a 42mm platinum case. The gold dial features hand-guilloché decoration and is fitted with applied gold hour markers and Dauphine hands. The perpetual calendar displays the day of the week, date, and month using a tricompax subdial layout on the upper half of the dial, with a leap year indicator between 2 and 3 o’clock. The lower half of the dial houses a tourbillon, a regulatory movement—not a complication!—that compensates for the effects of gravity on the balance-spring’s isochronism.
Model: Traditionnelle Tourbillon Perpetual Calendar (ref. 6300/000P-H056)
Availability: 127 examples
Case size: 42mm
Movement: 2162 QP/270. (automatic)
Water resistance: 3ATM
Functions: hours, minutes, seconds, week, date, month, leap year indicator
Power reserve: 72 hours
Traditionnelle Perpetual Calendar Retrograde Date Openface
Here, the classic Traditionnelle case is used as a canvas to celebrate two Vacheron Constantin signatures; the skeletonised dial and retrograde display. The first of three 370-piece limited edition platinum models, the Traditionnelle Perpetual Calendar Retrograde Date Openface is powered by the new in-house calibre 2460 QPR31/270, an automatic movement with a perpetual calendar (displaying the days, months, leap-year cycle) and moon phases as well as a retrograde date display.
Model: Traditionnelle Perpetual Calendar Retrograde Date Openface (ref. 4030T/000P-H054)
Availability: 370 examples
Case size: 41mm
Movement: 2460 QPR31/270 (automatic)
Water resistance: 3ATM
Functions: hours, minutes, seconds, day of the week, date, month, leap-year, moon phases, retrograde date
Power reserve: 40 hours
Traditionnelle Tourbillon Retrograde Date Openface
The Traditionnelle Tourbillon Retrograde Date Openface is rendered in platinum and powered by the in-house automatic calibre 2162 R31/270, which beats at 18,000 vibrations per hour and maintains thin proportions thanks to the use of a peripheral gold oscillating weight. It combines a tourbillon at 6 o’clock with a retrograde date on the upper half of the skeletonised dial.
Model: Traditionnelle Tourbillon Retrograde Date Openface (ref. 6010T/000P-H055)
Availability: 370 examples
Case size: 41mm
Movement: 2162 R31/270 (automatic)
Water resistance: 3ATM
Functions: hours, minutes, retrograde date, small seconds (on tourbillon)
Power reserve: 72 hours
Traditionnelle Complete Calendar Openface
The third and final openworked platinum timepiece, the Traditionnelle Complete Calendar Openface is kept running by the in-house calibre 2460 QCL/270, a contemporary version of the calibre 2450 which was the first automatic iteration of the complete calendar entirely designed and developed in-house.
Model: Traditionnelle Complete Calendar Openface (ref. 4020T/000P-H038)
Availability: 370 examples
Case size: 41mm
Movement: 2460 QCL/270 (automatic)
Water resistance: 3ATM
Functions: hours, minutes, day, date, month, moon phases
Power reserve: 40 hours
Les Cabinotiers Tribute To The Tour De L’île
A trio of one-off editions pays homage to the Tour de l’Île, a Genevan landmark with ties to Vacheron Constantin. Located on a small island in the middle of the Rhône River, the Tour De L’île is the remnant of a fortified castle built in the 13th century to defend Geneva, with bridges linking the two sides of the Rhône via the island allowing Geneva to become a major crossroads for European trade. The three Tribute To The Tour De L’île timepieces celebrate the savoir-faire of Vacheron Constantin’s master engravers, enamellers, and guillocheurs. Each timepiece depicts the Tour de l’Île through a different form of métiers d’art.
The first model features a miniature grand feu enamel dial in pastel shades that perfectly complement the platinum case surrounding it. The second piece, also cased in platinum, combines guilloché with grand feu enamel dial, while the third is encased in rose gold and features a finely engraved rose gold dial.
Model: Les Cabinotiers Tribute To The Tour De L’île (ref. 2400C/000P-418C [enamel]; 2400C/000P-420C [guilloché and enamel]; 2400C/000R-412C [engraving])
Availability: three one-off pieces
Case size: 40mm
Movement: 2460 (automatic)
Water resistance: 3ATM
Functions: hours, minutes
Power reserve: 40 hours
Les Cabinotiers Solaria Ultra Grand Complication
Vacheron Constantin has rounded out its Watches & Wonders 2025 releases by asserting itself as the grandaddy of complications. Off the back of last year’s Berkley Grand Complication (i.e. the most complicated watch ever made), our favourite third of the Holy Trinity has released the most complicated wristwatch ever made. The Les Cabinotiers Solaria Ultra Grand Complication boasts 41 complications within a surprisingly well proportioned timepiece; with the in-house hand-wound calibre 3655 fitting 1521 components into a white gold case measuring 45mm in diameter and 14.99mm thick.
On the complications side of things, the Les Cabinotiers Solaria Ultra Grand Complication combines a slew of classic time measurement complications with a chronograph, perpetual calendar, astronomical measurements, lunar indications, and a minute repeater to top it all off. Oh, it’s also got a tourbillon — but as our readers know, that’s a regulatory mechanism and not a complication. We’ve gone into more detail on the Les Cabinotiers Solaria Ultra Grand Complication here, but rest assured, it’s a worthy assertion of Vacheron Constantin’s peerless technical prowess and innovative spirit.
Price: $POA
Availability: On request
Model: Les Cabinotiers Solaria Ultra Grand Complication
Case size: 45mm
Movement: 3655 (manual winding)
Water resistance: ATM
Functions: see here
Power reserve: 72 hours
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Words by Theo Rosen
