Historiques is where Vacheron Constantin revisits watches from its own archive rather than designing something new. The American 1921 follows a cushion cased driver's watch made for the American market in the early 1920s, its dial set on the diagonal with the crown at 1 o'clock so the time could be read without taking a hand off the wheel. The 222 goes back to 1977 and Jorg Hysek's sports watch, with a notched bezel, an integrated bracelet and a Maltese cross set into the case at 5 o'clock. These are reinterpretations rather than copies, built on current Vacheron Constantin calibres and shown through sapphire backs.
How you know it
- case shapes taken from the archive
- American 1921 dial set on the diagonal
- 222 notched bezel, cross at 5 o'clock
- sapphire backs over current calibres
Sizes in the family
36.5 to 40 mm on current models, the 222 at 37 mm
Who it suits
Suits a buyer who is after one particular historic design rather than a house style, and wants it built to current standards.
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