he Certified Pre-Owned watch programme underlines the maison’s commitment to creating timepieces destined to live several lives. This new programme offers watches that have been meticulously inspected, certified and maintained by Vacheron Constantin watchmakers, guaranteeing the highest standards of quality.

Certified and approved pre-owned watches come with:

• A minimum 2-year international warranty – Vacheron Constantin will repair or replace any part found to be defective free of charge.

• Digital passport – provide the utmost trust, transparency and traceability to its clients, leveraging blockchain technology. Each Digital Passport is unique and holds key information of the timepiece, for example, its ownership history and technical user guide.

• CPO guarantee letter– official physical document certifying that the watch has been functionally checked and serviced accordingly.

The watch, delivered in a pouch, also bears a dedicated seal ensuring it has been sold via the CPO programme.

Launched worldwide in collaboration with Watchfinder – a leader in the secondary watch market and a longstanding partner of the manufacture – the certified pre-owned watch programme will be rolled out to other partners in the very near future and offered in parallel to auction houses.

Illustrating an expertise handed down from generation to generation in each watch, the manufacture’s promise of longevity is illustrated at different levels:

• The maison guarantees that all of its watches produced since 1755 can be restored. The Restoration department has access to original components, historical tools and machines, artisanal skills and production expertise, along with an archive brimming with registers, sketches and technical plans – all of which enables it to repair or restore any Vacheron Constantin model.

• In addition, new timepieces are now offered with an extended warranty of up to eight years.

• The Les Collectionneurs range includes vintage Vacheron Constantin watches that have been unearthed, restored and certified by the maison’s experts – and are available from its own-name boutiques with a two-year warranty.

• The digital passports launched in 2019 via Blockchain technology – which contain the unique information about each timepiece such as its ownership history – provide the watch owner with maximum confidence, traceability and transparency.

• Also in partnership with Watchfinder, clients can partake in a trade service enabling them to exchange their old watch for an amount that can be used towards the purchase of a new Vacheron Constantin timepiece. They are invited to return the watch they wish to part with to selected Vacheron Constantin boutiques (offer not valid online), after which Watchfinder will send them a trade-in quote.