About Vacheron Watches:
How could Vacheron be that with such value placed upon heritage, that the house which bears the strongest claim to the tradition of watchmaking is so little regarded relative to youthful upstarts like the much celebrated 19th century houses of Patek Philippe and A. Lange & Sohne? We must ask, "Where have they gone astray?" For it is surely it could be no accident for it to slip into obscurity. What, we wonder, after nearly 250 years gives any wristwatch the right to bear the marque "Vacheron Constantin," the right to be branded with the Maltese Cross? In quest of answers and understanding we must treck back over those centuries in which that identity developed. We must return to the old city-state of Geneva. We must seek the house of Vacheron. |