Jump Hour | 43040 | Yellow Gold watch-boxes this Vacheron Constantin Overseas represents

this Vacheron Constantin Overseas represents the manufacture's modern take on the luxury sports watch

hour-markers

Introduced in 1994

distinguished from later generations by the smaller second marks around the aperture and a small hole on edge of the cage (to help ensure that it is properly balanced)

going instead for a spiral motif emanating from the subsidiary seconds

Jump Hour | 43040 | Yellow Gold watch-boxes this Vacheron Constantin Overseas representsThe Vacheron Constantin ref. 43040 features an unconventional, visually appealing way of displaying time. With only 250 pieces made in yellow gold between 1993 and 1995, the manufacture took inspiration from the jump hour complication of the past. This watch in particular has developed a warm pink tone to the engine turned dial, a patina unique to this watch having left the factory white. In 1925, a Swiss watchmaker by the name of Robert Cart patented