Historiques 222 Yellow Gold / Champagne

In Context

At 37 mm it sits just under the modern norm — the band that suits the widest spread of wrists. The 7.95 mm case is genuinely slim and goes under a shirt cuff without argument. The case back is open, so the movement is visible without taking the watch apart, and the sapphire crystal will resist everything short of deliberate abuse. 50 m covers rain and hand-washing comfortably; it is not a watch to swim in.

The movement winds itself from the motion of your wrist. 40 hours of reserve carries it overnight, but not through a weekend in a drawer. At 28,800 vph the seconds hand advances 8 times a second.

4200H/222J-B935 stands on its own in this catalogue — no other reference here shares its base number. It pairs a champagne matte dial with a yellow gold case. Introduced in 2022.

The movement behind the reissued Historiques 222. At 3.6 mm deep it lets the case finish under 8 mm, which matters on a watch whose original selling point was thinness. The oscillating weight is 22-carat gold and shaped for the model. It carries the Hallmark of Geneva, and gives hours, minutes and a date.

1 other watch in the library runs the Vacheron Constantin 2455/2.

Vacheron Constantin

Historiques 222 Stainless Steel / Blue

4200H/222A-B934 · 37 mm