Alongside its other notable releases at the recently concluded Watches & Wonders exhibition, Vacheron Constantin added to its popular Overseas sport-luxury range two white-gold perpetual calendars and a rose-gold tourbillon. The updates follow-up 2020’s rose-gold Overseas Self-Winding, and rose-gold perpetual calendars, bringing even more higher-tier complications to the expanding Overseas collection.

Overseas Perpetual Calendar Ultra-Thin Skeleton

Turning to the most visually complex of the group first, the Overseas Perpetual Calendar Ultra-Thin Skeleton in white gold uses the familiar Overseas case shape, sized moderately in diameter at 41.5 mm and superbly thin for a perpetual calendar at 8.1 mm. Also in keeping with the contemporary Overseas design, it has an integrated bracelet, a hexagonal bezel evoking the Maltese cross (Vacheron’s longtime symbol), and a fluted, signed crown. The case is exquisitely finished, with alternating polished and brushed surfaces throughout, but also quite hardy for its haute horologerie status, featuring a 50-meter water resistance and a soft iron inner casing for anti-magnetism protection.
Under a sapphire crystal is the skeletonized perpetual-calendar dial, its complex mechanisms marked with blue, metal, and gold tones throughout. Along its outer edge a curved minute ring provides the outline for the intricate face, with applied, lume-filled, white-gold hour markers one step closer to the center of the d...