Simply Abu Dhabi XXVIII

9 8 S I M P LY A B U DH A B I J ean-Marc Vacheron laid the foundations for this most illustrious watchmaking maison in 1755 when he took basic materials and created a timekeeping masterpiece. Today, the legacy continues and every Vacheron Constantin timepiece undergoes the careful scrutiny of the Geneva office to ensure that the quality deserves the Hallmark of Geneva seal of approval. Vacheron Constantin chose the Dubai Watch Week to unveil a stunning Pre-SIHH 2018 novelty: the Overseas Dual Time. Many Simply Abu Dhabi readers will be exceptionally well-travelled people and no strangersq to the need to monitor time in dual locations. The Overseas Dual Time includes this vital complication in a stunning watch that is as reliable as it is elegant. It features a new in- house mechanical self-winding movement, the calibre 5110 DT, which has been developed over several years and deploys coaxial hands. The hours hand indicates the local time zone corresponding to the user’s current location, while the hand tipped with a triangular arrow shows the home time in a reference time zone. With characteristically sophisticated style, the watch presents an intuitive 12-hour display, adjustable via the crown in both directions, along with a day/night indication set to home time, and a pointer-type date display, adjusted and secured via a screw-lock pusher at 4 o’clock and synchronised with local time. The Overseas Dual Time model is available in three versions: two with a stainless steel case, either silver-toned or blue, and an 18-carat pink gold case with a silver-toned dial. The pink gold version is certain to be popular in the Middle East. In a welcome move, all versions are delivered with two additional straps matching the shade of the dial: in blue alligator leather or rubber, equipped with an equally interchangeable stainless steel folding clasp. The comfortable to use six-sided bezel gives a sense of solidity to this beautiful watch and is inspired by Vacheron Constantin’s Maltese cross logo. As the brand concludes, “The Overseas embodies a modern lifestyle resolutely open to the wider world. This Overseas dual time timekeeper joins the adventure equipped with the eponymous function representing a complication much favoured by globetrotters.” VACHERON CONSTANTIN O V E R S E A S D U A L T I M E