Vacheron Constantin Upgrades its Fiftysix with New Two-Tone Dials and Steel Cases

Vacheron Constantin unveiled two new additions to its Fiftysix collection on November 10, 2026: the Fiftysix Self-Winding and the Fiftysix Complete Calendar. The collection, which launched in 2018 as a tribute to the brand's 1956 Ref. 6073 dress watch, receives a design update centered on two-tone grey dials and 40mm stainless steel cases. Both models feature concentric circles, a mix of Arabic numerals and baton indexes in 18-carat white gold, and Super-LumiNova on the hands and markers. Each watch is fitted with an anthracite nubuck calfskin leather strap and has a transparent sapphire caseback revealing Côtes de Genève finishing, a Maltese Cross applique, and a 22-carat rose gold open-worked rotor. Water resistance is rated at 30 meters.

The Fiftysix Self-Winding measures 9.6mm thick and uses the self-winding Caliber 1326, produced by Richemont's Manufacture Horlogère Valfleurier and finished by Vacheron Constantin. It offers hours, minutes, central seconds, and a date window at three o'clock, with a 48-hour power reserve and a 4Hz frequency. Its dial presents a light grey opaline center, a darker grey sunburst chapter ring, and a snailed peripheral minute track. The model carries reference 4600E/000A-H177 and is priced at $14,300, unchanged from the previous blue-dial version.

The Fiftysix Complete Calendar is thicker at 11.6mm and houses the Caliber 2460 QCL/1, a 308-part movement bearing the Geneva Seal. It provides hours, minutes, central seconds, day and month in rectangular windows at two and ten o'clock, a peripheral pointer date, and a moon phase at six o'clock that requires adjustment only once every 122 years. Power reserve is 40 hours at 4Hz. The dial reverses the grey gradient: a dark grey center and outer date track with a light grey chapter ring. Reference 4000E/000A-H178 returns to the market at $33,900 after a brief absence. Neither model is a limited edition.

Christian Selmoni, the maison's legacy and style director, said in a press statement that the evolution reflects the brand's motto: "Do better if possible, and that is always possible." He added that while designs are characterized by timelessness, Vacheron Constantin constantly reviews and revises them to "think differently, look at things in new ways, embrace change and safeguard our traditions without remaining static." The release follows other 2026 launches for the brand, including 34.5mm Overseas models in July and a blue-dial Overseas Perpetual Calendar Ultra-Thin in white gold.