Vacheron Constantin Phidias

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Phidias was a sports watch produced by Vacheron Constantin in the 1990s and is a predecessor to today's Overseas model.

History

In 1972, Audemars Piguet shook the watch world by introducing the Royal Oak, a premium-priced steel sports watch with an integrated bracelet and "porthole" styling. Designed by Gerald Genta, the Royal Oak provided a template for other Swiss luxury watch makers to follow. He went on to design similar watches for Patek Philippe (the Nautilus) and IWC (the "Jumbo" Ingenieur SL). Vacheron Constantin followed the same basic template for their "project 222", introduced in 1977. Young designer Jörg Hysek created a very similar design, complete with screws from the caseback to the bezel "sandwiching" the case for water and shock resistance and an integrated bracelet of flat links.

The octagonal Ref. 333 model followed in the 1980s before being replaced by the Phidias from the 1990s. Vacheron Constantin returned to the style of the 222 with the 1996 Overseas.

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