14.01.2025
Vacheron Constantin's 222 returns
Vacheron Constantin's legendary 222 returns in stainless steel, a testament to heritage, craftsmanship, and understated elegance. Explore why this watch defines timeless luxury and the art of waiting.

By Victor Goh, Watch contributor
Photos courtesy of Vacheron Constantin.
Time, gentlemen, is not merely measured—it is inherited. In the hallowed halls of haute horlogerie, where legacy whispers through generations like the precise tick of a perfectly calibrated movement, Vacheron Constantin has orchestrated what can only be described as the horological equivalent of a prodigal son's return: the stainless steel 222.
A Heritage Written in Metal
In 1977, while lesser watchmakers surrendered to the quartz revolution's cold efficiency, Vacheron Constantin—keeper of watchmaking's sacred flame since 1755—chose to fight. The 222 was not merely a timepiece; it was a declaration of defiance, a testament that true luxury need not bow to trendy disposability. Born in steel, it carried the weight of generations in its integrated bracelet and the dreams of artisans in its notched bezel.
The Quiet Aristocrat


