We were granted the privilege of wearing the new Vacheron Constantin Overseas in rose gold with a green dial for a week, and the watch blew us away. We never really know how a watch is going to work for us until we spend some time wearing it in daily life, and—to be honest—at first the Overseas felt like a bit too much . Too much gold, too much dial, too much weight—just too much watch .
But after a few days, the initial shock of so much watch wears off, and the rose-gold Overseas starts to make its own kind of sense. With this timepiece, it was pure luxury that emerged, and—contrary to our first impressions—it was very easy to wear on the daily. When dressed down, we found the Overseas distracting on the bracelet.
But that was so easily solved via the quick-change strap system —in fact, that system is so good that the watch became a contender for the mythical one-watch collection. On the rubber strap, the Overseas was sporty, and almost casual. That rose-gold watch head is admittedly never going to be totally casual, but the overall vibe of the watch was utterly transformed when swapping between the strap and the bracelet.
(We didn’t use the leather strap that’s also included, but the color is also dark green.) Robb Report senior editor, Justin Fenner —who, along with many of us, prefers smaller watches —wore the 42 mm Overseas with a classic blue sport coat and gray slacks. On the rubber strap the watch looked out of place with this ourfit, while the sol.