Traditionnelle Small Seconds Pink Gold / 270th Anniversary

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-H118 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. It was a limited edition.

Vacheron Constantin's standard hand-wound movement with small seconds, derived from the calibre 4000 by adding a seconds train at six o'clock. It runs the Traditionnelle Small Seconds and the Historique American 1921. At 2.8 mm deep across 127 parts, it carries the Hallmark of Geneva, which governs finishing and construction rather than rate.

1 other watch in the library runs the Vacheron Constantin 4400 AS/270.

Vacheron Constantin

Traditionnelle Small Seconds Platinum / 270th Anniversary

82172/000P-H062 · 38 mm