A tariffs ranging from 12,000 to 60,000 dollars, the owners of a Vacheron Constantin watch Quai de l’Ile have the option to customize their object of worship between 400 styles and different security details, like the little invisible sun placed between 1 and 2 on the photo. Symbols only visible to ultraviolet rays are added to this watch automatic “impossible to hack” as well as micro-laser perforation on the mechanism and high security inks. Each model comes with a passport similar to Swiss passport in which are reproduced and described the security features of the watch.

Some models have text engraved so small that a magnifying glass to read it. And not just any text since they are reproductions of portions of correspondence dating from the 19th century between the founders Jaques-Francois Barthelemy and Vacheron Constantin.