Vacheron Constantin goes all gas, no brakes at Watches and Wonders 2026
Vacheron Constantin has pulled out all the stops
By Cayle Reid
VACHERON CONSTANTIN IS making a case that it’s the most complete watchmaker at Watches and Wonders 2026. Plenty of brands can go sporty and plenty can go luxe, but few can do both. Vacheron Constantin is one of the few, with its new sport-luxe Overseas Dual-Time Cardinal Points proving some watches can do it all.
Throw in some technical mastery with the thinnest ever Overseas Ultra-Thin 2500V and the smouldering Historiques American 1921 and you have what is, in our opinion, one of the most complete presentations of Watches and Wonders 2026.
Read on to see the best new Vacheron Constantin watches revealed at Watches and Wonders 2026.
Vacheron Constantin Overseas Dual-Time Cardinal Points
Vacheron Constantin’s Overseas line is one of the most celebrated models in the sports-luxe category and it just got even better. Before going into the updates, it’s important that you understand the lineage. The first Vacheron Constantin Overseas was a prototype built for explorer Cory Richards, who promptly took it to the top of Mount Everest. It is probably the most luxurious watch to ever reach such heights. What we’re sayin’ is, when we call the Overseas ‘sport-luxe’, we’re not exaggerating its sportiness.
Watches and Wonders 2026 saw the unveiling of four new Overseas references that lean sportier than ever. They boast 41mm cases, are full-titanium with a matte anthracite finish on the bezel and crown, and they all get GMT-treatment. Inside is the in-house Calibre 5110 DT/3, a self-winding GMT with home-time AM/PM indicator, local-time date pusher and 60-hour reserve. These are all classic sports watch attributes, but the new Overseas references are also certified with the Geneva Seal, the highest signifier of quality in Swiss watchmaking.
Each new watch has a dial colour corresponding to a compass point: white for north, brown for south, blue for east and green for west. In every instance, the dial contrasts nicely with a bright orange GMT hand. There’s a palette for everyone, but that Western green is our pick of the bunch.
Overseas Automatique Ultra-Thin 2550
The new Overseas Automatique Ultra-Thin 2550 is, as you might have guessed, ultra thin. The Calibre 2550 the thinnest movement ever put in an Overseas, at just 2.4mm, and the watch is only 7.35mm in total. The legendary Calibre 1120 that this movement succeeds measured 2.45mm when it launched in 1968. Fifty-seven years later, the new calibre is fractionally slimmer – but in the watchmaking world, an incremental change is a massive technical leap. That’s because making things thinner isn’t as simple as shrinking them down a wrist size. Every component must be considered, reconsidered and finally redesigned to push it beyond what was considered the limit of thinness when its predecessor was made. Impressive stuff.
Vacheron Constantin Historiques American 1921
The American 1921 was originally designed for the ‘gentleman diver’ – is there such a thing?
Doesn’t matter. The watch is a beauty, no matter who its target demographic is. Watches and Wonders saw two new references unveiled, one with a 40mm case, the other 36.5mm; both in rose gold. They feature delightful grained dials with blue Arabic numerals and blue 18-carat gold hands. On the outside of the dial you’ll spot a circular satin finish, while on the inside snailing has been applied to the small seconds. The movement is the Calibre 4400 AS, which is developed and manufactured entirely in-house.
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