


How about this, then: a watch created for one of the greatest engineers the world has ever seen, James Ward Packard. Real provenance comes from weaving a thread of narrative through the fabric of time, one that’s both prominent and important, without which the whole tapestry would fall apart. But age by itself isn’t really an indicator of historical importance there are boulders several million years older that have done nothing but sit there. Vacheron Constantin is the fifth oldest watchmaker still in business today, founder Jean-Marc Vacheron first setting up shop in 1755 that’s thirty-three years before the US Constitution was ratified. The first indicator of a top-three brand is provenance, history. Vacheron Constantin James Ward Packard Pocket Watch
