BY HARLAN CHAPMAN-GREEN
For Watches & Wonders Geneva 2026, Vacheron Constantin unveiled some key updates to the Overseas collection, including four colourful versions of the Overseas Dual Time models and an ultra-thin variant. Let’s take a closer look.
Vacheron Constantin Overseas Dual Time Cardinal Points
Overseas Dual Time Cardinal Points 7930V/210T-H073 – North (white dial)
Starting with the Overseas Dual Time Cardinal Points collection, we see Vacheron Constantin becoming more earnest in creating playful yet intention-driven watches.
Overseas Dual Time Cardinal Points 7930V/210T-H074 – East (blue dial)
On a compass, the cardinal points are the main directions, north, east, south, and west, which translates to four variants for the Overseas Dual Time Cardinal Points: white for the north, blue for the east, brown for the south, and green for the west. All models come with a grade 5 titanium case measuring 41mm x 12.2mm with 150m of water resistance.
Overseas Dual Time Cardinal Points 7930V/210T-H075 – West (green dial)
The layout of the Overseas Dual Time remains unchanged, with an orange hand pointing to the hours of the home timezone and another orange hand pointing to the day/night indicator for your home time. All watches are delivered with a titanium bracelet, a colour-matched rubber strap (as seen in the photos), and an orange rubber strap.
Overseas Dual Time Cardinal Points 7930V/210T-H072 – South (brown dial)
Inside each watch beats the self-winding Calibre 5110 DT/3, Vacheron Constantin’s venerable 4Hz movement introduced when the Overseas range was refreshed a few years back.
It features a 60-hour power reserve and, intriguingly, the Poinçon de Genève (Geneva Seal), which verifies the quality of the movement’s finishing and the fact that it is made in Geneva by people who live in the Canton of Geneva. One of these will cost CHF33,700/USD41,000.
Vacheron Constantin Overseas Self-Winding Ultra-Thin 2500V/220P-H028
Mastering the art of making mechanical watches thin is no mean feat, but Vacheron Constantin can point to its long history of making very thin watches. For 2026, it demonstrates its abilities once more with the Overseas Self-Winding Ultra-Thin.
Crafted from solid platinum, the watch’s case measures 39.5mm x 7.35mm, although platinum’s density means it’s very obvious on the wrist, especially if you’ve got the platinum bracelet fitted instead of the optional rubber or alligator leather straps also supplied with the piece. The platinum used here is blended with copper and gallium, which makes it more scratch-resistant than regular platinum, although we have no way of testing this ourselves. The watch is water resistant to 50m.
Inside the watch is the brand new self-winding calibre 2550, which has an 80-hour power reserve, a 3Hz beat rate, and yet is just 2.4mm thick. Vacheron Constantin says that it took seven years of development to perfect the 2550, of which the thinness is possible thanks to the micro rotor being integrated into the mainplate, the mainspring barrels being suspended from one side only, and the reorganising of the gear train so that it is in one layer only (where they are usually stacked for convenience and space).
It’s also been awarded the Poinçon de Genève and thus has top-level finishing, as one would expect from a watch costing CHF98,000/USD120,000, especially if Vacheron Constantin’s the one making it. This watch is limited to 255 pieces.
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