Under eight millimetres
By Hannah Lindqvist, Stockholm ·
7.95 mm. I keep rereading that number. In integrated-bracelet land, that's like finding a road bike in a showroom full of SUVs.
Jörg Hysek designed the original 222 in 1977, named for Vacheron's 222nd anniversary, and this steel reissue keeps the shape, the bracelet and the little Maltese cross on the case. 37 mm across. On a small wrist that's close to ideal, even with 22 mm lugs, because the case is so thin that the bracelet doesn't have to climb.
Then the price. 47,000 dollars and up. That's a car. A nice one, with winter tyres. And 50 m with 40 hours from the 2455/2 is modest for anything, let alone this.
It's a collector's watch for someone who owns ten others. Not my world. I'll admire it through the glass.