About Vacheron Watches:
It was a time when watches were still a rare product made for aristocrats and gentlemen.
In watchmaking it was a time of transition and experimentation, the twilight of the ancient pair-cased verge
and the breaking dawn of the neoclassical waistcoat pocket watch. It was here that Jean-Marc Vacheron began his
work as an independent watchmaker, a cabinotier working alone or with a single assistant in a small workshop in Geneva.
The "1755" now quoted as the birth date of the house of Vacheron is an approximate one, based on the earliest extant
evidence for Jean-Marc's watchmaking business. Beyond the mere fact of its existence, little is known. |