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Old 21 July 2023, 11:50 PM   #1
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Urgent question re VC overseas 49150 blue dial Chronograph hand color

Hi,

I just newly bought a preloved 2nd gen VC chronograph blue dial 49150.

I notice that the chronograph hand (the longest one above the calendar) is white in color, while I saw the internet pictures are silvery. I wonder if that hand was replaced. Does any one has experience on this watch to share?

I would need to quickly go back to the watch shop I purchase if there is anything is wrong with the watch.

Your help on this is very much appreciated.

Thank you.
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Old 21 July 2023, 11:51 PM   #2
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Old 22 July 2023, 07:23 AM   #3
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No idea, but did a browser search and see both and there appears to be a pattern… versions on rubber have the white second center hand, while the bracelet version has a silver seconds hand.
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Old 22 July 2023, 10:58 AM   #4
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No idea, but did a browser search and see both and there appears to be a pattern… versions on rubber have the white second center hand, while the bracelet version has a silver seconds hand.
Thanks for your comment. I also did the same thing browsing and had the same thoughts. Turns out those examples online are all lighting issue and the hands are all silver
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Old 22 July 2023, 09:20 AM   #5
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Are you sure it's white and not polished metal?
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Old 22 July 2023, 11:33 AM   #6
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Are you sure it's white and not polished metal?
Yes I am sure it is white. And I also notice the shape of my middle hand ( the shorter end of it) is trapazoidal but the ones on internet is rectangular.

So I am pretty sure they are different, I am just not sure if there is certain edition of the watch may have different hand.
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Old 26 August 2023, 01:29 AM   #7
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I have the same watch. Blue with a bracelet. My chronograph hand is polished silver metal and not white. Also, the end is rectangular in shape on mine.
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Old 26 August 2023, 06:20 AM   #8
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There are variations of second hand colours on Chrono24. Most are silver metal, but some of the black dial variants have white hand eg https://chrono24.app/vacheronconstan...GB&SETCURR=GBP

Or this grey dial with black hand: https://chrono24.app/vacheronconstan...GB&SETCURR=GBP

Even some red-handed variants.

This looks like a blue dial with white hand? https://chrono24.app/vacheronconstan...GB&SETCURR=GBP

And this https://chrono24.app/vacheronconstan...GB&SETCURR=GBP
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