The textbook answer
By Julien Moreau, Geneva ·
Pink gold, 38 mm, 7.8 mm, hand-wound, small seconds. On paper it is the dress watch from the textbook, and on the wrist it is very nearly that too.
The calibre 4400 AS runs for 65 hours and carries the Geneva Seal, as Vacheron movements do, and it looks the part behind the open back. The silver dial has the railway minute track that gives the Traditionnelle its slightly old-fashioned look. Thirty metres, a leather strap.
My single complaint is that it is a little too correct, and correctness can be dull. At twenty-three to twenty-five thousand dollars, though, it is ten thousand cheaper than the Patek 6119 and, to be honest, just as fine. Je le prendrais.