We shall be celebrating our 260th anniversary on September 17, 2015 and #vintage...

We shall be celebrating our 260th anniversary on September 17, 2015 and #vintagefriday will take you through the great dates having made up our history.

Today a very important one: 1880 and the choice of the Maltese cross as a logo, the Maltese cross was a component used in pocket watches at the time which prevented the watch being over wound and thus damaged.


Expansion of the Vacheron Constantin Manufacture of Haute Horlogerie. - Vacheron Constantin
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Expansion of the Vacheron Constantin Manufacture of Haute Horlogerie, appearance of the motto, the Maltese cross, chronograph watches and ladies' wristwatches.

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