Vacheron Constantin has added two impressive new watches to its Overseas line – a pink gold version with matching gold dial, and a white gold version with a burgundy lacquer dial.
Both continue the storied watchmaker’s tradition of pairing technical refinement with eye-wateringly lovely design. The Overseas line traces its lineage back to 1977’s “222” – the brand’s answer to the new breed of luxury sports watches with integrated bracelets.
Designed by innovative Swiss watch designer Jörg Hysek, the 222 introduced a striking barrel-shaped case with sharp edges, fully integrated bracelet and a distinctive Maltese cross medallion set into the case flank.
Since then, three successive generations have refined the Overseas aesthetic while adding complications ranging from chronographs to world timers to perpetual calendars.
The latter occupies a special place in this story.
Vacheron Constantin’s ultra-thin perpetual calendar Overseas models first arrived in 2016, bringing one of watchmaking’s most prestigious complications into the collection’s sport-elegant frame.
Now the watchmaker has reinterpreted that model with two fresh dials: pink-on-pink for stealth-wealth vibes, and a rich burgundy against white gold for a bolder, more expressive take. Both are housed in 41.5mm gold cases just 8.1mm thick. Inside is the calibre 1120 QP/1 – a movement based on the JLC 920 ébauche but now fully manufactured in-house.
Just 4.05mm thick, the movement automatically adjusts for months of varying length and leap years until 2100, and drives day, date, month, leap year and – phew! – moonphase displays. A 22k gold rotor engraved with a compass rose turns under the sapphire back, a nod to the Overseas theme of travel.
Each watch comes on a matching gold bracelet, with Vacheron supplying two additional rubber straps – blue and white for the pink gold, burgundy and white for the white gold – that can be swapped, tool-free.
Both new Overseas Perpetual Calendar Ultra-Thins are Geneva Seal certified and come water-resistant to 50 metres. Prices are very much “POA”.
