Pre-Owned Vacheron Constantin Overseas Chronograph 40990587/AS06275

WHY WE LOVE IT

The Holy Trinity of watch brands: Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet and Vacheron Constantin.

Far less understood than either of its respected compatriots, Vacheron Constantin has a legacy of producing some of the very finest haute horlogerie complications in history — and some of the loveliest.

Sports watches came later to VC, as pressure from the new “luxury sport watch” category introduced in the early 1970s forced the storied maison to evolve. Its entry came in the form of the 222, whose design language inspired the current Overseas collection. The Overseas models compete with other watches such as the Patek Philippe Nautilus, Audemars Piguet Royal Oak, IWC Ingenieur, and Piaget Polo, and often find favor by merit of design, value, and variety of complications.

This particular example, an Overseas Chronograph Reference 49150, features an absolutely gorgeous, deep blossy blue dial with applied luminous indices, an 'outsize' date indicator at 12:00, a signed screw-down crown, screw-down pushers, and a sapphire crystal.

Powered by Vacheron's in-house calibre 1137 column wheel chronograph movement, this piece comes fitted to a Vacheron signed navy blue rubber strap with Vacherons excellent deployant clasp.

Robust, functional, and a bit off the beaten path - this is a watch that would have looked fresh in the 1970s, looks fresh now, and will look fresh in another 50 years.

OVERALL CONDITION
The case is in fantastic condition overall showing signs of like professional refinishing and only faint wear from careful handling. Luminous gloss blue dial is in as-new condition with with matching handset. Signed crown. Sapphire exhibition caseback.