Description

The Overseas has its roots in the 222, a 1977 model designed to celebrate the brand’s 222nd anniversary. Following a major overhaul in 2016, the brand released the third generation Overseas with a host of complications and a versatile interchangeable strap and bracelet system. The tourbillon complication was incorporated in 2019. Following editions in steel, white gold and rose gold, Vacheron announces a new version clad in titanium from head to toe. Identical to former editions, including the signature Overseas blue dial colour, the novelty for 2024 is the choice of a material.

Titanium – which is 30% more resistant than steel and only half its weight – is not new to the Overseas family and has been used in limited editions in the past. Two special Overseas Everest editions for mountaineer Cory Richards were produced with titanium elements combined with other materials. In 2002, the brand offered the first all-titanium Overseas Tourbillon skeletonised model, a first in the collection and the precursor of this year’s model with its closed dial and aperture for the tourbillon.

Although titanium is not the easiest metal to work with, it gives the watch a sportier, more technical edge. To achieve the superior finishings practised at Vacheron, special care has been given to reproducing the contrasting finishings that exalt the geometric shapes of the case. Sharing identical specs to earlier editions, the 50m water-resistant case has a 42.5mm diameter and a thickness of 10.39mm.