Three Special Watches Celebrate Vacheron Constantin’s First U.S. Boutique

The Patrimony Traditionnelle Calibre 2755 Boutique New York is the pièce de résistance: a one-piece limited edition. No others like it exist, and no more will be produced.

The pink gold 44mm case houses a 602-part movement developed and crafted in-house by Vacheron Constantin and bearing the Hallmark of Geneva. It incorporates the three major complications of the art of fine watchmaking: a tourbillon, a perpetual calendar, and a minute repeater.

The minute repeater is rendered in an original manner. Vacheron Constantin’s master watchmakers have developed an original centripetal strike governor device. This system features two weights which act as a brake on the governor’s rotating shaft, to even out the energy released by the barrel. To achieve this, it uses opposing centrifugal and centripetal forces. Once the governor spins, the centrifugal force pivots one end of the weights outwards so that the other acts as an increasingly powerful brake on the central shaft, thus bringing the rotation and strike to a slower, steadier rate. This patented device is silent, and enthusiasts can satisfy their curiosity by admiring the spinning governor through the sapphire-crystal caseback.

In addition to the minute repeater, the Patrimony Traditionnelle Calibre 2755 Boutique New York has a tourbillon which counteracts the effects of gravity in order to enhance the movement’s precision while offering the aesthetic advantage of providing a view of the beating heart of the watch. The perpetual calendar is capable of following the Gregorian calendar without human intervention, other than a date change every 400 years.

This unique piece is crafted with contemporary aesthetics including a slender bezel, a knurled motif around the screw-down caseback framing a sapphire crystal, trapeze-shaped hour-markers, “dauphine” hands and an opaline dark gray dial. A hand-engraved frieze motif on the case echoes one found on the boutique’s façade. On the back, two engravings – “No1/1” and “Madison and 64th” – indicate the unique nature of the Patrimony Traditionnelle calibre 2755 Boutique New York.

This one-of-a-kind piece is priced at $647,000 and will be available at the New York boutique in September.

Complete technical specifications for each watch appear below.

Technical Characteristics: Historiques American 1921 Boutique New York

Reference: 82035/000J-9717

Calibre 4400, developed and crafted by Vacheron Constantin, stamped with the Hallmark of Geneva

Energy: Mechanical, manual-winding

Movement thickness: 2.80 mm

Movement diameter: 28.60 mm (12 ½ lignes)

Number of Jewels: 21

Number of components: 106

Frequency: 4Hz (28,800 vibrations/hour)

Indications : Hours, minutes and small seconds at 3 o’clock indication

Power reserve: Approximately 65 hours

Case:
18K yellow gold
40.00 mm in diameter
Transparent, sapphire crystal, closed with screws
Cushion shape, round opening
Transparent, sapphire crystal, closed with screws, offset ball-shaped crown

Water resistance: Tested at a pressure of 3 bar (approximately 30 meters)

Dial: Silvered grained, 12 beige painted hour-markers

Strap : Brown Mississippiensis alligator leather, hand-stitched saddle-finish, large square-scales

Buckle: 18K yellow gold buckle, polished half Maltese cross

Limited edition of 64 individually numbered pieces Exclusively for the Vacheron Constantin Boutique in New York “N° X/64” and “Madison and 64th” engraved on caseback.

Technical Characteristics: Chronograph Perpetual Calendar Boutique New York

Reference 49020/000A-9718

Calibre: 1136 QP

Energy: Mechanical, self-winding

Movement thickness: 7.90 mm

Movement diameter: 28 mm (11 ¼ lignes)

Number of Jewels: 37

Number of components: 228

Frequency: 3 Hz (21,600 vibrations/hour)

Indications:
Hours, minutes and small seconds at 6 o’clock
Column-wheel chronograph with 30-minute and 12-hour counters
Perpetual calendar (day of the week, date, 48-month counter with leap-year indication)
Moon phase

Power reserve: Approximately 40 hours

Case:
Stainless steel
42 mm in diameter
Sapphire with anti-reflective coating on the inside, flat
Solid with stamped “Overseas” medallion, closed with screws
Equipped with antimagnetic protection

Water resistance: Tested at a pressure of 15 bar (approximately 150 meters)

Dial:
Dark blue, sunray satin-finished
12 applied trapezoid hour-markers in 18K white gold with white luminescent material

Strap:
Dark blue Mississippiensis alligator leather, hand-stitched, saddle-finish, large squale-scales, red leather inner shell
Delivered with a second strap in brown barenia

Clasp: Stainless steel triple-blade folding clasp, double security with buttons, polished half Maltese cross

Limited edition of 20 individually numbered pieces Exclusively for the Vacheron Constantin Boutique in New York “N°X/20” and “Madison and 64th” engraved on the caseback

Technical Characteristics: Patrimony Traditionnelle calibre 2755 Boutique New York

Reference: 80172/000R-9724

Calibre: 2755, developed and crafted by Vacheron Constantin, stamped with the Hallmark of Geneva

Energy: Mechanical, manual-winding

Movement thickness: 7.90 mm

Movement diameter: 33.90 mm (14 ¾ lignes )

Number of Jewels: 40

Number of components: 602

Frequency 2.5 Hz (18,000 vibrations per hour)

Indications :
Hours, minutes, seconds on the tourbillon
Minute repeater
Tourbillon
Perpetual calendar (day of the week, date, month and leap year indication)
Power reserve on the back of the watch

Power reserve: Approximately 58 hours

Case:
18K 5N pink gold
44 mm in diameter
Polished and hand-engraved with designs inspired by the building of the Vacheron Constantin New York Boutique
Sapphire with anti-reflective coating on the inside, convex
Transparent, sapphire crystal, closed with screws

Water resistance: Non water-resistant

Dial:
Platinum-colored
Snailed counters center
White painted minute track

Strap: Brown Mississippiensis alligator, hand-stitched, saddle-finish, large square-scales

Clasp :18K 5N pink gold triple-blade folding clasp, polished half Maltese cross

This timepiece is a unique piece Exclusively for the Vacheron Constantin Boutique in New York “N° 1/1” and “Madison and 64th” engraved on caseback.