Novelties

Traditionnelle Openface

A CONTEMPORARY TRIBUTE TO THE HISTORY OF THE MAISON

To celebrate 270 years of uninterrupted creativity, Vacheron Constantin is unveiling three Traditionnelle Anniversary individually numbered limited editions. These new watches showcase two historical signatures: openworked dials and retrograde displays, that embody the Maison’s everlasting quest for stylistic innovation and technical prowess.

Luxury watch with an exposed tourbillon, intricate movement, and a blue leather strap.

Traditionnelle Complete Calendar Openface

Luxury watch with a skeleton dial, perpetual calender, moon phase, and a blue leather strap.

Traditionnelle Perpetual Calendar Retrograde Date Openface

High-end timepiece with an open-worked dial, calender complications, lunar phase display, and a blue leather strap.

Traditionnelle Tourbillon Retrograde Date Openface

Mechanical sophistication

Vacheron Consantin skeleton watch with a perpetual calendar and retrogade date.

OPENWORKED DIALS

The Maison has taken the openwork approach to new levels in these limited editions. Unlike skeletonisation, focused on minimising total material, an openworked dial reveals the movement’s complexity and inner beauty while maintaining a strong dial structure, preserving its architecture. The Traditionnelle Perpetual Calendar Retrograde Date Openface reveals the beauty of its new self-winding manufacture movement, the Calibre 2460 QPR31/270, thanks to an openworked dial.

Luxury watch with an exposed tourbillon, open-worked dial, and a blue leather strap.

Retrograde display

According to the Maison’s archives, the retrograde date was first introduced on a Vacheron Constantin wristwatch in 1940 and has been a signature of the Maison ever since. The retrograde display employs a date hand which runs in an arc before snapping back to its starting point and resuming its stately procession. The feature combines exemplary legibility to considerable technical prowess.

Close-up view of an open dial, being worked on by a watchmaker

Creativity in every aspect

Fully exposed calibres showcase Vacheron Constantin watchmakers’ attention to detail. Each component is meticulously finished, chamfered, polished or rounded off by hand.

Engraving process on a gold watch dial with intricate geometric patterns.

SIGNATURE HAND- GUILLOCHÉ PATTERN

These limited editions feature openworked dials with a signature hand-guilloché pattern inspired by the Maltese cross, Vacheron Constantin's emblem since 1880. The fruit of lengthy research by the Maison’s specialist artisans, the guillochage creates a subtle play of light and shade with every movement of the wrist.

Luxury watch movement with intricate gears, gold rotor, and fine craftsmanship.

“CÔTE UNIQUE” FINISH AND ANNIVERSARY SIGNATURE

The sapphire caseback reveals a “côte unique” finish, a traditional decorative technique from over a century ago that was rediscovered in 2021 during research for the Historiques American 1921. It is achieved by treating the bridges with a particular abrasive paper. Two strokes are needed to cover each component while creating the continuous line between bridges. The openworked dial also allows a clear view of the calibre, including its discreet 270th anniversary engraving.