Patrimony Contemporaine Self-Winding Pink Gold / 270th Anniversary

In Context

At 40 mm it is sized to the current mainstream: 40 mm is the median across every watch measured in this catalogue. At 8.65 mm thick it is about average for a modern wristwatch. 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. Rated to 30 m, it is protected against rain and splashes and nothing beyond that.

The movement winds itself from the motion of your wrist. 43 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.

85180/000R-H116 is one of 5 executions of the 85180/000R base reference. Underneath they are the same watch; what separates this one is a silver guilloche dial and a pink gold case. It was a limited edition.

The self-winding movement of the Patrimony, giving hours, minutes, central seconds and a date. Its rotor turns on ceramic ball bearings, which need no lubrication and so cannot dry out between services — a quiet reliability gain rather than a visible one. Stop-seconds allows setting to the second, and the calibre carries the Hallmark of Geneva.

1 other watch in the library runs the Vacheron Constantin 2450 Q6/270.

Vacheron Constantin

Patrimony Contemporaine Self-Winding White Gold / 270th Anniversary

85180/000G-H035 · 40 mm