The Century’s Coolest Sports Watch Gets an Unexpected Sequel

New grail unlocked.

Close-up of a polished titanium watch case with a textured black bezel and two black knurled crowns, one featuring a star emblem.

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By Johnny Brayson

Published April 14, 2026

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Updated April 17, 2026

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Five years ago, in 2021, Vacheron Constantin launched an unexpected, extremely limited and achingly cool version of its Overseas integrated sports watch.

Available as either an Overseas Chronograph or Dual Time model and dubbed the “Everest,” the watches were based on a 2019 prototype worn by photographer and mountaineer Cory Richards on a Mount Everest expedition.

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The “Everest” made several sporty updates to the standard Overseas. Its case was made of lightweight titanium rather than steel. Its gray dial featured a grained texture and orange accents. And it was paired with gray rubber and orange-stitched fabric straps.

Both versions were limited to just 150 pieces, making them incredibly rare, and the Dual Time version especially has gone on to become a grail for many thanks to its achingly cool aesthetic, sporting functionality and adventurous backstory.

Now, at Watches and Wonders, Vacheron has launched a sequel of sorts to the Everest with the new, non-limited Overseas Dual Time Cardinal Points. And it’s even better than the original.

Silver textured dial wristwatch with black bezel, white fabric strap with orange stitching, and multiple subdials. — The Everest gets a sequel with the new Cardinal Points.

Go your own way

The Overseas Dual Time Cardinal Points borrows many traits from the Overseas. Again, we have a 41mm x 12mm Overseas case in titanium with the crown, pusher ring and bezel featuring an anthracite gray finish. This time, however, instead of crafting these elements in steel like on the Everest, they’re all in titanium.

Black metal wristwatch with glowing blue hour markers and hands, featuring a textured blue strap. — No shortage of lume here.

The grained texture on the dial returns, but now with a circular satin finish on the inner minutes track and a lacquered outer seconds track. The hands and applied indices are all in white gold, save for the GMT hand and AM/PM indicator, both of which are orange like before. All are filled with Super-LumiNova.

Complete the set

There was one thing the Everest was missing, and that was a bracelet. The Overseas is, of course, an integrated bracelet sports watch. But if you wanted a titanium bracelet to match with your Everest’s league-leading interchangeable strap system, well, you were out of luck.

Black dial Vacheron Constantin wristwatch with titanium bracelet on a wrist. — This time, there’s a bracelet.

The Cardinal Points remedies this issue by including a full titanium bracelet that perfectly matches the case and features the Overseas’ usual “Easy-fit” microadjust system. In addition to the bracelet, the watch also includes two saddle-stitched rubber straps with titanium folding clasps: one in orange, the other to match the dial.

Choose your color

Four Vacheron Constantin wristwatches with textured dials in green, brown, white, and blue, each with matching rubber straps and orange stitching. — The four colors of the Overseas Cardinal Points.

That brings me to the dial, as there are four colors to choose from, each envisioned to match a point on the compass. Brown for south, white for north, green for west and blue for east.

The water resistance is the usual 150m, and inside behind the sapphire caseback beats the Vacheron Constantin Calibre 5110 DT/3 automatic movement with a quickset pusher date and 12-hour dual-time functionality with the day/night indicator. The movement features an NAC treatment and has a gold rotor.

Back of a Vacheron Constantin wristwatch showing its intricate mechanical movement with a gold rotor and titanium bracelet. — Vahceron’s Dual Time movment boasts a quick-set date, dual-time functionality and an AM/PM indicator.

Availability and pricing

The Overseas Dual Time Cardinal Points is available now from Vacheron Constantin for $41,000 in all colors. And best of all, none of them are limited, meaning this coolness should be around for some time.

Titanium wristwatch with textured brown dial, orange rubber strap, and multiple subdials including date and AM/PM indicators.

Vacheron Constantin Overseas Dual Time Cardinal Points

Specs

Case Size	41mm
Movement	Vacheron Constantin Cal. 5110 DT/3 automatic dual time
Water Resistance	150m

$41,000 at Vacheron Constantin

About the Author:

Johnny Brayson is an editor at Gear Patrol mostly covering watches. He enjoys watches that are packed with blink-and-you’ll-miss-’em details and believes nearly every watch could stand to be a tad smaller.

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