Panda Dial Makes its Debut on Vacheron Constantin Overseas Chronograph
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Vacheron Constantin has just released a new variant of the Overseas Chronograph in a refined two-tone panda layout.
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In 2016, the timepiece maker, based in Geneva’s Plan-les-Ouates, launched the Overseas chronograph as a new collection and has since enjoyed the sporty prowess of the bold timepiece. Starting with a full-silver or blue dial in steel or with a silver dial in an 18 ct pink gold case, the collection has seen several variants, appearing in reverse panda, blue and gold models.
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It has been seven years since the launch of Ref. 5500V, a reverse panda-dial watch that came with a 42.5 mm, stainless steel case. This black-dial watch had white chronograph counters and a white background date window at 4:30. Vacheron Constantin provided this watch with an in-house Calibre 5200 and a 52-hour power reserve.
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For the 2023 model, the timepiece maker has not made any significant changes. The new model now comes with a silver-tone dial with a notched six-sided Maltese Cross-shaped bezel, sunburst, satin finishing and a black velvet-finished flange. The watch sports 18 ct white gold, bar-shaped hour markers and a needle-shaped hours, minutes, seconds hand with Super-LumiNova®.
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The 42.5 mm, stainless steel watch comes with snailed chronograph counters for its small seconds at 9 o’clock, a 30-minute counter at 3 o’clock and a 12-hour counter at 6 o’clock with black backgrounds. The panda-dial timepiece also gets a white background and a black numeral date window at 4:30. Then there are two chronograph pushers in stainless steel to start the function at 2 o’clock; the 4 o’clock pusher restarts the chronograph function. There is a screw-down crown at 3 o’clock.
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Vacheron Constantin has used the same calibre as that in the previous model, namely Calibre 5200. The 52-hour power reserve also remains the same. Turning the watch over reveals a transparent sapphire crystal caseback with a 22 ct gold oscillating weight adorned with a compass rose with a column wheel and a vertical clutch.
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Three bracelet options have been provided — a standard steel bracelet with half-Maltese Cross-shaped, polished and satin-brushed links, a black calfskin leather strap with grey stitching and a black rubber strap. There is an interchangeable system to change the bracelets without any equipment.
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The new panda-dial version of the Vacheron Constantin Overseas Chronograph simply sports a new colourway from the already existing model and comes with a water resistance of 150 metres.
Image Credits: Vacheron Constantin