- Movement
- Manual winding
- Size
- 36.5 × 36.5 mm
Overview
The American 1921's diagonal read, in pink gold
The Vacheron Constantin Historiques American 1921, reference 1100S/000R-H115, in 18K pink gold with a grained silver-toned dial, blue Arabic numerals and a blue calfskin strap. Manual-winding calibre 4400 AS with hours, minutes and small seconds, read diagonally with the crown at 1:30; 36.5 × 36.5 mm, 7.41 mm high.
The reference 1100S/000R-H115 is Vacheron Constantin's Historiques American 1921 in 18K pink gold, a reissue the brand describes as returning to a 1921 case made for the American market. The case sits on the wrist at an angle rather than square to the strap, which the page says lets the time be told without needing to rotate the wrist; the crown sits at the 1:30 position rather than at 3 o'clock. The case measures 36.5 × 36.5 mm and 7.41 mm high. The grained silver-toned dial carries blue Arabic numerals and a railway minute track, with slender open-tipped hour and minute hands in blued 18K gold and a snailed small-seconds sub-dial at 3 o'clock; it is worn on a blue calfskin strap closed by an 18K pink gold Ardillon buckle.
The manual-winding calibre 4400 AS drives the small-seconds display at 3 o'clock alongside the hours and minutes: 28.6 mm across, 2.8 mm high, with 127 parts and 21 jewels, running at 28,800 V.P.H. (4 Hz) for a stated 65-hour power reserve -- close to the nearly-three-day figure the brand's own page gives for it. The watch is certified to the Hallmark of Geneva; the brand dates the mark to 1886, when the Republic and Canton of Geneva established it, standing for provenance, craftsmanship and reliability rather than for any one technical detail. The case back is sapphire crystal, and the watch is water-resistant to 30 m.
For collectors
The case is worn diagonally by design rather than by accident of fit -- the crown at 1:30 and the numerals set on the diagonal are the reference's whole point, so a buyer expecting a case square to the strap should try it on rather than judge it from photographs alone.
Key details
Design and engineering
- Case18K pink gold, 36.5 × 36.5 mm and 7.41 mm high, set on the wrist at an angle so the numerals and crown sit on the diagonal rather than square to the strap. Transparent sapphire case back, water-resistant to 30 m.
- Diagonal readingThe dial and crown are rotated relative to the strap, which the brand's page says lets the time be told without rotating the wrist; the crown sits at 1:30 rather than 3 o'clock.
- DialGrained silver-toned, with blue Arabic numerals and a railway minute track. Small seconds at 3 o'clock with a snailed finish, and slender open-tipped hour and minute hands in blued 18K gold.
- CertificationCertified to the Hallmark of Geneva.
- Strap and buckleBlue calfskin leather strap, closed by an 18K pink gold Ardillon buckle.
Calibre 4400 AS
- Manual-winding
- Hours, minutes, small seconds
- 28.6 mm across, 2.8 mm high; 127 parts, 21 jewels
- 28,800 V.P.H. (4 Hz)
- Power reserve 65 hours
- Hallmark of Geneva
Specifications
Technical specifications
| Reference | 1100S/000R-H115 |
|---|---|
| Collection | Historiques |
| Calibre | Calibre 4400 AS |
| Movement | Manual winding |
| Functions | Hours, Minutes, Small seconds |
| Case dimensions | 36.5 × 36.5 mm |
| Case thickness | 7.41 mm |
| Case material | 18K pink gold |
| Case back | Transparent sapphire crystal caseback |
| Water resistance | 3 bar (30 m) |
| Dial | Grained silver-toned dial. Small seconds at 3 o’clock with snailed finish. 18K gold blued slender open-tipped hours and minutes. Blue arabic numerals and railway minute track. |
| Strap | Blue calfskin leather |
| Clasp | 18K pink gold ardillon buckle |
| Movement dimensions | 28.6 mm × 2.8 mm |
| Components | 127 |
| Jewels | 21 |
| Power reserve | 65 hours |
| Frequency | 28,800 vph (4 Hz) |
| Certification | Hallmark of Geneva |
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