Traditionnelle Tourbillon Ginza Boutique 25th Anniversary

In Context

At 41 mm it is sized to the current mainstream: 40 mm is the median across every watch measured in this catalogue. At 10.21 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. 80 hours of reserve puts it well past a weekend — several days off the wrist and it is still going. At 18,000 vph the seconds hand advances 5 times a second, the slower and more audible rate of an older design.

6000T-000P-B974 is one of 2 executions of the 6000T base reference. Underneath they are the same watch; what separates this one is a grey guilloche dial and a platinum case. It was a limited edition. Beyond the time it carries a tourbillon.

The 2160 is Vacheron Constantin's peripheral-rotor tourbillon, introduced in 2018. It is an automatic tourbillon 5.65 mm high, because its winding weight runs around the edge of the movement rather than over it. It powers 22 watches in this library. The tourbillon cage is shaped as a Maltese cross, the maison's emblem, and turns once a minute at 6 o'clock; the movement beats slowly at 18,000 vph, which suits a tourbillon, and holds 80 hours in a single barrel. It is 29.1 mm across with 31 jewels and 188 parts, and it carries the Hallmark of Geneva. The peripheral rotor was Vacheron's first, and it is the reason the movement is thin enough for the Traditionnelle and the Overseas alike. In the library it powers 12 [Métiers d'Art](/brands/vacheron-constantin/metiers-d-art) references, the Tribute to Great Civilisations series among them, 5 [Traditionnelle](/brands/vacheron-constantin/traditionnelle) Tourbillons at 42.5 mm and 5 [Overseas](/brands/vacheron-constantin/overseas) Tourbillons at 41 mm, including the skeleton in titanium. 3 are limited editions, and the glossary defines the [tourbillon](/glossary/tourbillon). The [2260](/calibers/vacheron-constantin-2260) is the hand-wound fourteen-day tourbillon, and the [2460 SC](/calibers/vacheron-constantin-2460-sc) the maison's standard automatic.

21 other watches in the library run the Vacheron Constantin 2160.

Vacheron Constantin

Métiers d’Art Tribute to The Celestial Libra

6007A/000G-H048 · 39 mm

Vacheron Constantin

Métiers d’Art Tribute to The Celestial Taurus

6007A/000G-H043 · 39 mm

Vacheron Constantin

Métiers d’Art Tribute to The Celestial Capricorn

6007A/000G-H051 · 39 mm

Vacheron Constantin

Métiers d’Art Tribute to The Celestial Aquarius

6007A/000G-H052 · 39 mm