Vacheron Constantin

• Risk across the industry, not a finding about this company: gold and gemstone mining are linked to child labour, forced labour and mercury poisoning.
• Responsible Jewellery Council certified: Industry code for jewellery businesses covering human rights and responsible sourcing. Its Chain of Custody standard traces materials; the basic certification does not. Source
• Owns or runs its own production
• Modern slavery statement
• Uses high-risk raw materials such as tanned leather, mica or artisanal gold.
• "Made in Switzerland" only means the last major stage happened there: under customs and consumer law, watch movements, cases and dials, and cast or set parts can be made elsewhere. It hasn't shown where those earlier stages happen, so where it's made counts towards On Track but not Good.
• It is Responsible Jewellery Council certified, but its stones and gold aren't traced to the mine. The Kimberley Process only covers diamonds that fund rebel wars, not abuses by governments or forced labour.

Research notes Vacheron Constantin makes movement components at its own manufacture in Le Brassus (Vallée de Joux) and assembles, cases and tests watches at its Plan-les-Ouates headquarters in Geneva, with partner suppliers nearby in Switzerland. An RJC member since 2010, it holds Code of Practices certification to April 2028 and Chain of Custody certification since January 2026; its gold comes from Richemont's RJC Chain of Custody certified refiner and its diamonds from RJC-certified suppliers. Richemont runs risk-based SMETA audits of suppliers, but the brand publishes no supplier list, audit results, mine-level tracing or living wage commitment.