Vacheron Constantin is one of the oldest, continuously operating swiss manufacturers of watches. They have been in business since 1755. One of VC's biggest claims to fame is the hiring of Georges-Auguste Leschot in 1839. Leschot essentially pioneered serial production of their watches (along the lines of what Henry Ford did with the automobile assembly line) enabling VC to mass produce a very high quality movement in a shorter period of time to their competitors.
In 1996, Vacheron Constantin was purchased by Richemont, which also runs Jaeger LeCoultre, IWC, Lange, Cartier, Baume and Mercier, Piaget, and Panerai. It was during this phase that VC developed the Overseas line of sports watches. Before the Overseas, VC had made two other attempts to develop a sports watch. The first one was the Phidias and the second was the 222. Both lines did not take very well at all.
The Overses comes in a wide variety of choices. There are five different sizes - 30mm, 34mm, 37mm, 40mm and the 42mm. There are at least 5 different dial choices. You can get the watches in either 18k gold or Stainless Steel.
The Deep Stream is a unique model of the watch which comes in the standard watch, a Dual Time model and a Chronograph. What makes the Deep Stream unique is the grey anthracite dial and the bead blasted titanium bezel.
Here are a couple of pictures of the gen watch:
The replica. I have to say, this is by far the most accurate rep I have ever seen or handled. It is just stunning. I wish the pictures could really capture the quality of this watch. I will just let the pictures I did take do the rest of the talking:
Thanks for looking!!