In 1755 Jean-Marc Vacheron, a young watchmaker opened his workshop in the heart of Geneva. Well-educated, with an inquiring mind, inspired by humanistic tradition, this cabinotier was soon making watches whose fame would gradually spread to all corners of the world. In 1819, an experienced entrepreneur, François Constantin joined the descendants of Jean-Marc Vacheron. For decades he criss crossed Europe, opening up new markets for the ingenious products of the now renamed Vacheron & Constantin In 1839, in a event notable both for the history of watchmaking and for the firm, an outstanding technical director, Georges-Auguste Leschot, was hired. This engineer produced the very first machines enabling mechanical production of watch parts. Thus, Vacheron Constantin revolutionized the pr...[Learn More]