As we get closer to January’s SIHH watch salon in Geneva, we continue to offer sneak peeks at several of the new timepieces making their world debut there. Today, we take a look at the first new models from Vacheron Constantin ? three versions of the luxuriously sporty Overseas Dual Time and a limited-edition Traditionnelle Complete Calendar from the Genevan manufacture’s Collection Excellence Platine.
Vacheron Constantin Overseas Dual Time in rose gold (Ref. 7900V/000R-B336)
The Vacheron Constantin Overseas Dual Time is the latest addition to the brand’s relaunched Overseas collection, which debuted to great fanfare at SIHH 2016 with a three-hand, chronograph, and perpetual calendar model and added a world-time watch later that year. Like those models, the new Dual Time is distinguished by a six-sided bezel inspired by Vacheron’s Maltese cross emblem; an in-house-made, mechanical self-winding movement whose 22k gold rotor is embellished with a wind rose; and a patented easy-adjust/easy-replace strap and bracelet system. In tribute to the Overseas model’s sporty origins, the movement is also secured against the deleterious effects of magnetic fields by a soft iron inner casing ring. The watch is powered by the new in-house Caliber 5110 DT.
The Overseas Dual Time ? available in three versions, stainless steel with blue dial, stainless steel with silver-tone dial, or 18k rose gold with silver-toned dial ? has a 41-mm case water-resistant to 150 m...