Traditionnelle Small Seconds Boutique

In Context

At 38 mm it sits just under the modern norm — the band that suits the widest spread of wrists. The 7.77 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. 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. 65 hours of reserve is enough to set it down on Friday evening and find it still running on Monday. At 28,800 vph the seconds hand advances 8 times a second.

82172/000R-9888 is one of 6 executions of the 82172/000R base reference. Underneath they are the same watch; what separates this one is a silver guilloche dial and a pink gold case. Introduced in 2013.

The 4400 AS is Vacheron Constantin's hand-wound movement with a small seconds at 6 o'clock. It is the 4400 base with a subsidiary seconds, a 65-hour reserve and the Hallmark of Geneva. It powers 22 watches in this library. It is 28.6 mm across with 21 jewels and a beat of 28,800 vph, and its single barrel holds 65 hours, which is long for a hand-wound movement of this size. The small seconds suits the classical dials it is made for, the Traditionnelle with its railway track and the American 1921 with its angled numerals. In the library it powers 11 [Traditionnelle](/brands/vacheron-constantin/traditionnelle) Small Seconds references at 38 mm, 7 [Historiques](/brands/vacheron-constantin/historiques) American 1921s at 40 mm and 36.5 mm, and 4 Maltes. One is a limited edition. The [4400](/calibers/vacheron-constantin-4400) is the same movement without the seconds, the [1400](/calibers/vacheron-constantin-1400) the smaller hand-wound caliber, and the 4400 QC and QCL the versions with a full calendar in the Historiques Triple Calendrier.

21 other watches in the library run the Vacheron Constantin 4400 AS.

Vacheron Constantin

Traditionnelle Small Seconds White Gold / Diamond / Silver

82572/000G-9605 · 38 mm

Vacheron Constantin

Traditionnelle Small Seconds Pink Gold / Diamond / Silver

82572/000R-9604 · 38 mm

Vacheron Constantin

Traditionnelle Small Seconds Whit Gold / Diamond / Diamond

81591/000G-9913 · 38 mm

Vacheron Constantin

Historiques American 1921 36.5mm Pink Gold / Silver

1100S/000R-B430 · 36.5 mm