18 Carat Gold Vacheron & Constantin Open Face Pocket Watch
18 carat gold Vacheron & Constantin open face pocket watch. Crown wind with sunburst design to rear case. Slight indentations to rear of case. Dial excellent. Code ARD02
£3,500.00
The company was founded in 1755 by Jean-Marc Vacheron In 1770 and created the first complication, nine years later he designed the first engine-turned dials.
His son, and grandson took over the company. In 1819 François Constantin became an associate of Vacheron. The company continued its activity under the name Vacheron & Constantin. The company's motto is, "Do better if possible and that is always possible," first appeared in Constantin's letter to Jacques-Barthélémy dated 5 July 1819.
In 1833, Vacheron and Constantin hired Georges-Auguste Leschot. He was the first person to standardize watch movements into Calibers. In 1844, Georges-Auguste Leschot was awarded with a gold medal. The Arts Society of Geneva highly appreciated his pantographic device, a device that was able to mechanically engrave small watch parts and dials. Later, after Constantin's death in 1854, and Vacheron's death in 1863, the company was taken over by a series of heirs and continues today as a premier watchmaker.