The Watch: Vacheron Constantin has been making watches continuously since 1755, a run no other manufacture can match. The Traditionnelle collection exists as the brand's most direct statement about that history, drawing its design codes from 18th century Genevan watchmaking: the stepped case flanks, the fluted caseback, the railroad minute track, the dauphine hands. Where the Patrimony leans minimal, the Traditionnelle keeps the architecture of the old workshops.
Reference 87172/000R-9301 is the self-winding model in 18k pink gold, measuring 38mm with a slim 8mm profile. The silvered dial carries applied pink gold baton markers, a date aperture at 3, and a small seconds register at 9. Note the 12 and 6 indices doubled into the top and bottom of a Maltese cross. Inside is the in-house caliber 2455, stamped with the Hallmark of Geneva and finished accordingly, with a 22k gold oscillating weight with multiple finishes visible through the sapphire caseback. It wears like a Calatrava but weightier.
This 2021 example comes in very good condition, showing light wear consistent with careful use.
