- Movement
- Self-winding
- Size
- 42.5 mm
Overview
The Patrimony's retrograde day-date, in three settings
The Vacheron Constantin Patrimony Retrograde Day-Date, reference 4000U/000R-B516, in 18K pink gold with a midnight blue dial, on a dark blue alligator leather strap with a pink gold triple folding clasp. Self-winding calibre 2460 R31R7/3, with retrograde day and date hands; 42.5 mm, 9.7 mm high, certified to the Hallmark of Geneva.
This execution shares the same case and calibre 2460 R31R7/3 as the platinum reference, in 18K pink gold with a midnight blue dial rather than salmon-toned. It comes on a dark blue alligator leather strap, closed by an 18K pink gold triple folding clasp rather than platinum.
The reference 4000U/000 is Vacheron Constantin's Patrimony Retrograde Day-Date, built on the self-winding calibre 2460 R31R7/3 and offered in a platinum case and 18K pink gold cases, each with its own dial tone and strap colour. The outer zone of the dial carries a circular pearl-style minute-track set with 48 polished 18K gold pearls, with the day and date shown by retrograde hands read against 18K gold bi-faceted baton-type hour and minute hands and 18K gold applied hour-markers. The case measures 42.5 mm across and 9.7 mm high, water-resistant to 30 m, with a transparent sapphire case back.
Inside is the self-winding calibre 2460 R31R7/3 -- 27.2 mm across, 5.4 mm high, 276 parts and 27 jewels, running at 28,800 V.P.H. (4 Hz) for a stated 40-hour power reserve, driving the retrograde day and date hands alongside the hours and minutes. All three executions are certified to the Hallmark of Geneva, which the brand dates to 1886, when the Republic and Canton of Geneva adopted the mark as a standard of finishing, read today as a sign of origin and workmanship rather than a single technical measure.
For collectors
This calibre 2460 R31R7/3 group puts the same movement and case across three dial-and-strap combinations: a platinum execution with a salmon-toned dial on dark blue, and two 18K pink gold executions -- one with a silver-toned opaline dial on brown, the other with a midnight blue dial on dark blue -- each closed by its own triple folding clasp in the case metal.
Key details
Design and engineering
- Case and dial18K pink gold case with a midnight blue dial in a sunburst satin finish; the outer zone carries a circular pearl-style minute-track of 48 polished 18K gold pearls.
- Retrograde day and dateRetrograde hand-type day and date, shown against 18K gold bi-faceted baton-type hour and minute hands and 18K gold applied hour-markers, with an 18K gold date hand.
- MovementSelf-winding calibre 2460 R31R7/3, 27.2 mm across and 5.4 mm high, with 276 parts and 27 jewels.
- CertificationCertified to the Hallmark of Geneva.
- Strap and buckleDark blue alligator leather strap, closed by an 18K pink gold triple folding clasp.
Calibre 2460 R31R7/3
- Self-winding
- Hours, minutes, retrograde hand-type date, retrograde day hand, balance-stop
- 27.2 mm across, 5.4 mm high; 276 parts, 27 jewels
- 28,800 V.P.H. (4 Hz)
- Power reserve 40 hours
- Hallmark of Geneva
Specifications
Technical specifications
| Reference | 4000U/000R-B516 |
|---|---|
| Collection | Patrimony |
| Calibre | Calibre 2460 R31R7/3 |
| Movement | Self-winding |
| Functions | Hours, Minutes, Retrograde hand-type date, Retrograde day hand, Balance-stop |
| Case dimensions | 42.5 mm |
| Case thickness | 9.7 mm |
| Case material | 18K pink gold |
| Case back | Transparent sapphire crystal caseback |
| Water resistance | 3 bar (30 m) |
| Dial | Midnight blue dial, sunburst satin-finishing. Convex external zone with circular “pearl” minute-track composed by 48 polished 18K gold pearls. Retrogarde hand-type day and date. 18K gold bi-faceted baton-type hour/minute hands. 18K gold date hand. 18K gold applied hour-markers. |
| Strap | Dark blue alligator leather |
| Clasp | 18K pink gold triple folding clasp |
| Movement dimensions | 27.2 mm × 5.4 mm |
| Components | 276 |
| Jewels | 27 |
| Power reserve | 40 hours |
| Frequency | 28,800 vph (4 Hz) |
| Certification | Hallmark of Geneva |
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