Pre-Owned Vacheron Constantin Overseas 40990865/AS06365

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 Reference 47040/000R-9666 from the 2010s, is all the more special by virtue of its precious metal livery. Housed in a 42mm 18K rose gold case with a sapphire crystal, signed crown, and Maltese-style bezel, it features a luminous sunburst gray dial with a matching handset, Vacheron's Calibre 1226 automatic movement, and comes paired to a dark gray rubber strap with a matching signed red gold deployant clasp.

This is a great opportunity to snag an in-demand model from one of the very best in the business.

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OVERALL CONDITION

The case is in excellent condition overall showing normal signs of wear consistent with age and use. Luminous sunburst gray dial with applied quadrant 'Arabic' indices is in as-new condition with with matching handset. Signed crown.