Vacheron Constantin Releases Unique Les Cabinotiers Pieces for its 270th Anniversary

When it comes to complications, Vacheron Constantin is a veritable Titan in the arena and has earned its rightful place in the pantheon of high complications. Celebrating its grand 270^th anniversary this year, Vacheron has outdone itself in 2025. Following the release of the world’s most complicated pocket watch last year, Vacheron Constantin has pulled out all the stops with the release of the Solaria, a record-breaking wristwatch featuring 41 complications. As the year draws to a close, Vacheron unveils a trilogy of one-off watches from its Les Cabinotiers workshop. As part of La Quête (quest) 270^th-anniversary series inspired by astronomical observation, these fascinating complications are embellished with métiers d’art flourishes.

Les Cabinotiers Armillary Tourbillon Myth of Pleiades

The myth of Pleiades refers to the Seven Sisters of Greek mythology, transformed into stars in the constellation of Taurus and a vital navigation beacon for sailors of yore. Inspired by the star atlas of Johannes Hevelius (1611-1687), the 20mm-thick flanks of the pink gold case are hand-engraved in bas-relief (450 hours) with lifelike scenes from Greek mythology and set with diamonds representing the stars. First seen inside the Armillary ref. 57260, the impressive calibre 1990 powers a biretrograde display of hours and minutes on the right side of the dial and a fascinating bi-axial armillary tourbillon on the left.

Quick facts: 45mm x 20.13mm pink gold case – hand-engraved, set with 10 diamonds – openworked dial, retrograde hours and minutes on right, armillary tourbillon on left – calibre 1990, in-house, manual-winding – 299 components, 45 jewels – 60h power reserve – 2.5Hz – retrograde hours, minutes and armillary tourbillon, Hallmark of Geneva – blue alligator strap with hand-engraved pink gold folding clasp – unique piece – ref. 9890C/000R-273C – price upon request

Les Cabinotiers Cosmica Duo Grand Complication

The Cosmica Duo is a double-sided, reversible 47mm white gold watch, packed with 24 complications powered by a new movement based on the mighty calibre 2756. The closed blue dial hosts the perpetual calendar, the sky in the Northern Hemisphere reproducing the movement of the constellations according to sidereal time, a second time zone with day/night counters for local and home time and a city display. Flip it over and the openworked dial reveals the skeletonised mechanical heart, true solar time, a running equation of time, sunrise/sunset times and the age and phases of the Moon. To complete the smorgasbord, the watch is also packed with a minute repeater and a tourbillon regulator. Seeing is believing…

Quick facts: 47mm x 20.2mm white gold, reversible case – closed blue opaline dial with off-centred hours and minutes, Northern Hemisphere chart with sidereal time, perpetual calendar, GMT, day/night indicators for home and local time, city aperture – openworked dial with tourbillon, minute repeater, solar time, equation of time, sunrise/sunset, retrograde moon phase, power reserve indication – calibre 2756-B1, in-house, manual-winding – 1,003 components, 112 jewels – 2.5Hz – 60h power reserve –  24 complications, Hallmark of Geneva – blue alligator strap with white gold folding clasp – unique piece – ref. 9780C/000G-087C – price upon request

Les Cabinotiers Grand Complication High Jewellery Moon Dust

An ode to the great laws of the cosmos described by Copernicus, the Moon Dust features 16 complications housed inside a 47mm white gold case, hand-engraved with sunrays, planets and a profusion of diamonds. The grand complication movement is the same one developed for the Bacchus. Decorated with blue hand-guilloché, the dial features the tourbillon at 6 o’clock, the perpetual calendar, the minute repeater torque, a power reserve gauge, an equation of time, plus sunrise/sunset times for a reference city. The reverse side reveals sidereal time, the date, solstices and equinoxes, zodiac signs, seasons and the age and phases of the Moon. The gem-setting represents 230 hours of work with 200 baguette-cut diamonds and 165 brilliant-cut diamonds that are snow-set on the sides of the lugs.

Quick facts: 47mm x 19.1mm white gold, double-sided case set with 184 baguette-cut diamonds & 165 brilliant-cut diamonds – hand-engraved case flanks – blue hand-guilloché dial – calibre 2755 GC16, in-house, manual-winding – 839 components, 42 jewels – 2.5Hz – 58h power reserve – 16 complications, Hallmark of Geneva – blue alligator strap with white gold folding clasp set with 16 baguette-cut diamonds – unique piece – ref. 917C/000G-289C – price upon request

Les Cabinotiers Celestia Astronomical Grand Complication

As a tribute to astronomy and the odysseys of ancient times, and to the great astronomers, Vacheron releases two special versions of the Celestia Astronomical and its impressive 3-week power reserve calibre 3600, one dedicated to Ptolemy in white gold, and one to Copernicus, in rose gold. These watches are based on a movement first presented in 2017 in the Les Cabinotiers Celestia watch, comprising 514 components. The double-sided calibre only measures 8.7mm in thickness despite its immense power and 23 complications in total. The Celestia Astronomical Grand Complication displays civil, solar and astral time, each with its own gear train, as well as a perpetual calendar, equation of time, sunrise and sunset time, seasons, solstices, equinoxes and astronomical zodiac signs, tide level indication… and much more. It is regulated by a one-minute tourbillon.

Quick facts: 45mm x 13.91mm white or pink gold double-sided case, hand-engraved – grained gold dial with applied markers and hands in gold – Calibre 3600, in-house, hand-wound – 514 components, 64 jewels – 2.5Hz – 504h power reserve – 23 complications, Hallmark of Geneva – Homage to Copernicus (ref. 97A0C/000R-290C) in pink gold – Homage to Ptolemy (ref. 97A0C/000G-304C) in white gold – unique pieces – price upon request

More information at vacheron.constantin.com.