Vacheron Constantin

I'm a big fan of the white dial Overseas Chrono (the black ain't too shabby either.)

IF you were going to make your perfect Overseas Chrono, what would you modify?

I have thought about a lot of variations, an all titanium case, for instance could be very nice... I've thought about a matte black dial with white on black date numerals, for that very pure maculine look...

But I keep coming back to how much I really admire the white dial as it is. About the only change I would ask for would be transparent back, even at the expense of a few meters of water resistance. I do not kid myself that I will dive with my VC

But since we have this great opportunity to work with the Bespoke department at VC, why not dare to make an Overseas Chrono truly your own? In STEEL or Ti, I'm saying.

What about a very light gray (lighter than the new gray dials) guilloche dial?

Matte black, no guilloche?

The black dial from the RG version without the rg rings on the subdials?

Classic Silver, no guilloche?

Blued hands? (not sure about that but.....)

What would you do to make your own OS chrono? Other than keep or buy the current wonderful models???

EVER thought about it?

I like this notion of working with VC and creating a very personal 'everyday' watch. This message has been edited by Mostel on 2009-10-08 16:05:06 This message has been edited by Mostel on 2009-10-08 16:05:30

Mostel,

Two variants that I've thought about include:

* White Gold or Platinum case and bracelet with guilloched blue dial, white hands and markers

* Tantalum case and bracelet with guilloched grey dial, white hands and markers

If I could just change a few aspects of the existing model, it would be:

* Brushed finished throughout, including the bezel and sides of the case and bracelet

* Enlarge hour totalizer to match size of minute totalizer

Park

 

 

 

 

especially good sounding is the tantalum with gray guilloche........ oooh-la-la.

WG or platinum with blue dial sounds highly luxurious, but Blue has to be the perfect blue, or it can be altogether wrong, and it's a color that would be very hard to 'design' in the abstract, I'm thinking. How can you describe your perfect blue? But if you could. Another oh--la-la.

Imagine a tantalum Overseas bracelet.... wow. Oh and I actually like the different sized subdials, because they look less like a 'face' and more like a timepiece, IMO. Some chronographs look like two eyes and a rounded mouth, which I sometimes find humorous or intrusive... I like the modern touch of the larger subdial. This message has been edited by Mostel on 2009-10-08 22:34:15 This message has been edited by Mostel on 2009-10-08 22:36:50

Mostel,

I have no problem identifying the perfect blue/grey shade, as it's in use for an existing watch that I crave.  (An AP ROC in WG introduced in 2008).

The subdial asymmetry doesn't bother me as it does some, but the larger subdial is so easy to read that I see no good reason to keep the hours subdial smaller.

I forgot to mention that I would change the date display, too.  Despite the size of the appertures, I find the date difficult to read because of the narrow window, depth of the wheel, and font of the numerals, which are too old-fashioned for the industrial aspects of the watch design and which do not match the font of the dial numerals.

This all sounds overly picky, but it's these little differences that cause me to prefer the ROC and ROO over the Overseas, despite the more versatile size and great comfort of the Overseas.

Park

 

Hey M, I had a chance to try on an Overseas chron a few weeks ago at a watch event.  It was a pink gold on a chocolate colored rubber strap (I believe) and the watch was a revelation for me.  The combination was amazing, feeling very luxurious and sporty at the same time.  I had not really appreciatd how beautiful this watch is until I tried it on, although PinkPanther had told me I would like it (I should always listen to him).  My perfect Overseas would be the pink gold chrono, with a nice guilloched chocolate dial and with a fast strap change system (a la JLC's mechanism on the Extreme Master Compressors) so I could go easily between a bracelet, leather and rubber straps.   In any case the Overseas Chrno really is a stunner.

Cheers,

respo

too kind my friend......

Cheers

and there is no particular detail that would keep me from buying either the chronograph or the automatic, though I will join the chorus to say that I would like both totalizer subdials to be the same size in the chronograph.

I like the idea of a white gold edition that would have a special color dial to distinguish it from its SS brothers. I propose the blue that was used in the limited edition (75 examples for the North American market) Overseas Chronometer from early in this decade:


But I would like the hour indices as they are in the current model.


Bill

WHL,

That's a wonderful blue, too, and the framed date window is an excellent touch.

Park

 

they are a tad too big for my Asian sized wrist (6.6").

I would like that VC offer a smaller version (39 or 40mm) of these, like the older 49140.

Transparent caseback, matte black dial, smaller minute totalizer for symmetry and removing the separator on the date window will be welcome changes for me too but they are not the deal-breaker.

Goh

Another fan of matte black.....

like the current model a lot.

The only change is that I would make a 44mm

Cheers

I'm fine, as is. I wore 2, 44mm watches: the IWC 3786 and the Patek 5711, iirc, is 44? Anyway, generally prefer 42, but evne more prefer 40-41. Thanks.

would be perfect for me it had a transparent caseback and in-house movement. Hopefully VC starts making them that way.

Tony