7 articles on Vacheron Constantin — reviews, news, and hands-on impressions.
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Vacheron Constantin upgrades its patented dual-frequency perpetual calendar, pushing standby autonomy from 65 to 70 days. In 950 platinum, ref. 3200T/000P-H167, powered by the in-house calibre 3610 QP, at CHF 282,000.
Patek Philippe's 2026 Rare Handcrafts collection puts the Golden Ellipse back at the centre — with new cloisonné enamel and miniature painting dials in two themes ('Birds of the Night' refs. 5738/50G-048 and 5738/50G-049, and 'The Magic of the Peacock' ref. 5738/50G-041), each in 10-piece limited editions powered by the legendary Calibre 240.
Vacheron Constantin transfers miniature painting from the dial onto the strap for the first time in its history with the Égérie Moon Phase Spring Blossom. A 37mm 18K 5N pink-gold case with a light-pink mother-of-pearl Pleats dial, a moonstone-set off-centre crown, and a calfskin strap individually hand-painted with cherry blossoms. Limited to 100 pieces.
Vacheron Constantin refreshes its iconic 45°-offset 'driver's watch' at Watches & Wonders 2026 with a grained silver-tone dial, vivid blue 18k-gold hands and Arabic numerals, offered in two pink gold case sizes: 36.5mm (CHF 32,300) and 40mm (CHF 39,200).
Grand Seiko's top-tier workshop — the Micro Artist Studio in Shiojiri — delivers the SBGZ011 'Mystic Waterfall' at Watches & Wonders 2026: a fully hand-engraved 44GS-shape 40mm platinum case, inspired by the spray of the Tateshina Otaki Falls near the Spring Drive workshop. Powered by the Calibre 9R02 manual-wind Spring Drive, accurate to ±1 second per day, with an 84-hour power reserve. Limited to 50 pieces, GBP 74,500.
Vacheron Constantin unveils the Calibre 2550 at Watches & Wonders 2026 — a 2.4mm automatic movement with a platinum micro-rotor, double barrel, and 80-hour power reserve that took seven years to engineer. Debuting in a 7.35mm platinum Overseas case, it is the most technically significant new in-house ultra-thin automatic in a generation.
AP's boldest move at W&W 2026 is not an evolution — it's a brand new model: the Neo Frame Jumping Hour, reimagining an almost-forgotten complication from the 1920s with a modern automatic movement. The hours snap instantaneously at each hour change, powered by an ingeniously sprung mechanism.