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Pre-Owned Vacheron Constantin Patrimony Self-Winding 18K Rose Gold — Anthracite Dial, Box & Papers (Ref. 85180/000R-9166)
The Patrimony is the watch Vacheron Constantin returns to when it wants to demonstrate what it can do without demonstrating anything at all.
Available now at Black Tag Watches (Aventura, Florida), this 2018 example — reference 85180/000R-9166 — is cased in 18K 5N rose gold with a rare anthracite dial, powered by the manufacture calibre 2450 Q6, and offered complete with its original Vacheron Constantin presentation box and warranty certificate dated 2018.
What Is the Vacheron Constantin Patrimony Self-Winding?
A Direct Citation of Two 1957 References
The pre-owned Vacheron Constantin Patrimony Self-Winding traces its brief to a specific moment in the maison’s catalogue. Vacheron Constantin — founded in Geneva in 1755 and in continuous production since — launched the Patrimony collection in 2004 as a deliberate citation of two references from the 1957 catalogue: reference 6178 with its central seconds, and reference 6179 with its small seconds at 6 o’clock. Both were exercises in the mid-century Geneva vocabulary of purity and thinness that Vacheron helped define — slim cases, no flourish, no complication announced on the dial, and the argument left entirely to proportion and finishing. The 85180 is the modern collection’s core self-winding reference; it has been in continuous production since the Patrimony’s 2004 launch.
The Anthracite Dial: A Rarer Patrimony Configuration
Within the standard-production Patrimony 85180, the anthracite dial is one of the less common configurations. Silver and opaline dials account for the majority of Patrimony production in rose gold; the dark grey anthracite execution is a departure from that convention and one of the more quietly distinctive variants available in the pre-owned Vacheron Constantin market. For collectors building a Patrimony set or looking for differentiation within the collection, the anthracite dial is the specification that most directly separates one example from another at the level of visual identity.
Dial & Case Design: 40mm Rose Gold, Anthracite Field
Case Proportions and the Patrimony Discipline of Slenderness
The 40mm case is rendered in 18K 5N rose gold and stands only 8.55mm thick — proportions that read as almost wilfully understated on a contemporary wrist and place the watch firmly within the Patrimony discipline. The case flanks are polished, the lugs short and softly tapered, the bezel bombé and unbroken. The signed rose-gold crown is small and set close to the case. The result is a silhouette that disappears in all the right ways: onto a wrist, under a cuff, and into the category of things that do not require explanation to be understood as serious.
Anthracite Dial Layout and Applied Details
The anthracite dial is the reference’s distinguishing feature in this example. Applied rose-gold baton indices and a pearled minute track ring the periphery; slim rose-gold baton hands sweep the field, with a central seconds hand tracking above them. A framed date aperture sits at 6 o’clock in the position the 1957 reference 6178 established for it. Vacheron Constantin is applied at 12; the dial is otherwise entirely silent. The composition requires no decoration because the finishing leaves nothing to compensate for — which is the Patrimony argument, stated without words.
Movement: Manufacture Vacheron Constantin Calibre 2450 Q6
The 2450 Family: Vacheron's Contemporary Automatic Base
Inside the Patrimony 85180/000R-9166 is the Vacheron Constantin calibre 2450 Q6 — an in-house self-winding manufacture movement of 27 jewels comprising 196 parts, beating at 28,800 vph with an approximate 40-hour power reserve. The 2450 family is Vacheron’s contemporary automatic base calibre, introduced in the mid-2000s and used consistently across the modern Patrimony line. As a horological argument for a rose-gold Geneva dress watch at this level, the 2450 Q6 does exactly what a manufacture automatic calibre in this context is supposed to do: it disappears into the case and lets the finishing speak.
Finishing Standards and the Geneva Caseback
The calibre 2450 Q6 is finished to the maison’s Geneva standards throughout: Côtes de Genève on the bridges, perlage on the mainplate, polished sinks and screw-heads, and a 22K gold openworked oscillating weight. The rotor visible through the sapphire display caseback carries a hand-engraved decorative pattern — a finishing detail applied where most buyers will never think to look, and characteristic of how Vacheron Constantin treats the discipline of completion across the full object rather than only its visible surfaces.
Movement Specifications
Specification
Detail
Calibre
VC 2450 Q6, self-winding
Components
196 parts, 27 jewels
Frequency
28,800 vph (4 Hz)
Power reserve
~40 hours
Rotor
22K gold, openworked, hand-engraved
Caseback
Sapphire display
Finishing
Côtes de Genève, perlage, polished sinks
Condition, Provenance & Documentation
Full Original Delivery — One Noted Departure
Provenance is full with one noted departure. The watch is offered with its original Vacheron Constantin presentation box and warranty certificate dated 2018. The pre-owned alligator strap has served but is intact; a replacement in matching leather is available through any authorised Vacheron Constantin boutique for the buyer who wishes to restore the delivery specification exactly. The VC-signed rose gold tang buckle — the meaningful provenance signal at the strap level — is present and original.
Condition and Accessories
Detail
Information
Condition
Mint
Box
Original Vacheron Constantin presentation box
Papers
Warranty certificate, dated 2018
Strap
Black alligator, pre-owned
Buckle
Original VC 18K rose gold tang
Full Specifications — Vacheron Constantin Patrimony 85180/000R-9166
Specification
Detail
Brand
Vacheron Constantin
Collection
Patrimony Self-Winding
Reference
85180/000R-9166
Year
2018
Case
18K 5N rose gold, 40mm
Thickness
8.55mm
Case profile
Polished flanks, bombé bezel, tapered lugs
Dial
Anthracite
Layout
Baton indices, pearled track, central sec, date at 6
Hands
Rose-gold baton
Movement
VC calibre 2450 Q6, self-winding
Components
196 parts, 27 jewels
Frequency
28,800 vph
Power reserve
~40 hours
Rotor
22K gold, openworked
Caseback
Sapphire display
Strap
Black alligator, pre-owned
Buckle
Original VC 18K rose gold tang
Condition
Mint
Box & Papers
Full set, dated 2018
Why Buy a Pre-Owned Vacheron Constantin Patrimony 85180?
A Rare Dial Variant in a Quietly Firming Reference
The Patrimony 85180 has always traded quietly relative to Vacheron’s Overseas line — and that is precisely the case for owning one. As collectors have grown more attentive to Vacheron’s dress-watch heritage against a market increasingly dominated by integrated-bracelet sport-luxury references, the standard-production Patrimony references have firmed steadily in the secondary market. Auction results at Christie’s, Sotheby’s, and Antiquorum trace a consistent upward line for the 85180 over the past decade, particularly for full-set examples with original documentation. The anthracite dial adds a further layer of scarcity within an already modest production of rose-gold examples.
Entry into Vacheron's Deepest Lineage
Against contemporary rose-gold dress watches at retail — and against the current AP and Patek dress-watch secondary markets — this Patrimony offers direct entry into the Vacheron Constantin lineage at a level that rewards horological literacy over badge recognition. A rare-dial variant, a manufacture Geneva-finished automatic calibre, a complete original delivery, and a warranty certificate dated 2018 make the value proposition straightforward for any serious buyer of pre-owned Swiss dress watches. The 85180 in anthracite is the version of the Patrimony that requires the least justification to the collector who already understands what the Patrimony is.
Available at Black Tag Watches — Aventura, Florida
Black Tag Watches is a pre-owned luxury watch dealer based in Aventura, FL, specialising in rare, certified, and fully documented timepieces from Vacheron Constantin and the world’s leading Swiss manufactures.
View the Vacheron Constantin Patrimony Self-Winding Rose Gold Anthracite Dial — Full Details & Pricing
A slim, rose-gold, anthracite-dial Patrimony — the watch Vacheron makes when the argument for a watch is the watch itself.
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