2022 Vacheron Constantin 222: Prices, Review And A Showcase of The Best Watches of 2022

Watches & Wonders 2022 has come and gone, but amid the obsession with Rolex, Tudor, and Patek Philippe, we managed to overlook all the best stuff from the biggest new model event of the year. Complications, haute horlogerie, independent brands, and limited editions flew under the radar while we obsessed over a lefty GMT. Todays show covers the best watches of 2022 including the Vacheron Constantin Historiques 222 and the Chopard Alpine Eagle Flying Tourbillon. Since 1996, the Vacheron Constantin Overseas has been the flagship sports watch at Switzerland's oldest watchmaker. But for 2022, the Vacheron Overseas gains an in-house rival in the form of the revived Historiques 222 reference 4200H/222J-B935. When the "Historiques" collection was launched in the late 1980s, it was among the first factory-backed programs to re-issue celebrated vintage watch models. Now, with the Vacheron Constantin 222, watch collectors have received the most demanded discontinued Vacheron Constantin watch. While the Overseas collection includes modern watches inspired by the 1977 Vacheron Constantin 222, the new 222 offers a literal recreation of Jorg Hysek's most famous design. At 37mm in diameter in yellow gold, the new 222 is identical in size and almost identical in thickness at just 7.95mm. From 1977 to 1985, Vacheron Constantin produced approximately 500 steel 222s, 150 in yellow gold, and less than 100 in steel-gold two tone. Today's 222 likely will be produced in comparably limited volumes