Traditionnelle Chronograph Perpetual Calendar Platinum / Black

In Context

At 43 mm it is a large watch — well above this catalogue’s 40 mm median, and enough to dominate a narrow wrist. At 12.94 mm it is a tall case, and it will catch on a cuff. 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 is hand-wound, so winding it becomes part of the day rather than something the watch does for you. 48 hours of reserve is enough to set it down on Friday evening and find it still running on Monday. At 21,600 vph the seconds hand advances 6 times a second, the slower and more audible rate of an older design.

5000T/000P-B048 is one of 2 executions of the 5000T/000P base reference. Underneath they are the same watch; what separates this one is a black dial and a platinum case. Introduced in 2016. Beyond the time it carries a chronograph and a perpetual calendar.

Caliber 1142 QP, a state-of-the-art movement entirely designed and developed within the Manufacture, replaces the previous 1141 QP. The new movement drives the perpetual calendar functions – with indications of the date, days, months, leap years and moon phases – as well as the chronograph functions with a direct-drive seconds hands and 30-minute counter at 3 o’clock, positioned opposite the small seconds at 9 o’clock. Caliber 1142 will thus be able to keep track of all the vagaries of the calendar without any need for adjustments until March 1st 2100. Like all modern Vacheron Constantin movements, this caliber visible through an elegant transparent sapphire crystal caseback was developed and designed to meet the stringent Hallmark of Geneva criteria. This emblem of Geneva’s watchmaking excellence applies both to the caliber itself and to the finishing of the watch as a whole, governed by demanding norms that make it one of the most rigorous and renowned watch industry certifications.

2 other watches in the library run the Vacheron Constantin 1142 QP.

Vacheron Constantin

Traditionnelle Chronograph Perpetual Calendar Pink Gold / Silver

5000T/000R-B304 · 43 mm

Vacheron Constantin

Traditionnelle Chronograph Perpetual Calendar Platinum / Rose

5000T/000P-B975 · 43 mm