2025 marks 270 years of watchmaking at Vacheron Constantin. In celebration of this significant milestone, the brand is launching the Traditionnelle Tourbillon Perpetual Calendar, a 42mm platinum QP powered by a new automatic manufacture caliber. Measuring 11.1 mm thick, its classic shape is fitted with a hand-guilloché dial in a signature motif signifying its status as a 270th-anniversary limited edition. With an outer chemin de fer minutes track, a month indicator at 12 o’clock, a date indicator at 3 o’clock, a day indicator at 9 o’clock, a leap year indicator at 1:30, and a tourbillon spinning away above 6 o’clock, one would imagine the dial would feel crowded—alas, this is not the case, as its ample size and excellent use of negative space make it distinctly legible.
Viewable via a sapphire caseback, the new Calibre 2162 QP/270 runs at a vintage-inspired 2.5 Hz in order to afford the wearer a better view of the tourbillon spinning on the dial. Calendar functions can be adjusted both clockwise and counter-clockwise, while a peripheral oscillating weight maintains a slim profile while still giving the watch a 72-hour power reserve. With its 270th anniversary engraving and “côte unique" finishing on the bridges, there’s no mistaking this 127-piece limited edition for a run-of-the-mill Vacheron—if there were even such a thing.
Case Size: 42 mm
Case Material: Platinum
Power Reserve: 72 hours
Strap: Dark blue alligator leather
Price: TBD
From the article by Paige Reddinger, Oren Hartov, Victoria Gomelsky, Carol Besler, Justin Fenner
