Vacheron Constantin Day Date Moonphase

Overall Condition: Very good condition overall. Unpolished case and bracelet show light wear and oxidation. Dial and matching handset are excellent.

The Holy Trinity of watch brands: Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet and Vacheron Constantin.

Far less understood than either of its respected compatriots, Vacheron Constantin has a legacy of producing some of the very finest haute horlogerie complications in history — and some of the loveliest.

Sports watches came later to VC, as pressure from the new “luxury sport watch” category introduced in the early 1970s forced the storied maison to evolve. This piece, however, stands as a holdover of the classic watchmaking of Vacheron's historical era.

A Reference 47009/451J, this 34mm piece dates to the 90s, and represents one of the best values on the vintage market. A day date moonphase with an integrated bracelet and signed locking clasp, manufacturing a watch like this today would undoubtedly cost twice what this piece trades for. Perfectly sized, complicated, and elegant, this watch has the fundamentals to be an ideal complicated everyday watch.

A subtle tapisserie dial displays the calendar functionalities in the classic 3 register display, and paired to its lovely integrated bracelet, this piece is the ideal intersection of complicated watchmaking, and elegant jewelry-like refinement.

If you're on the hunt for an ideal complicated wristwatch from one of the master of complicated wristwatch production, this piece is an incredible--- and rare-- classic.