Urgent question re VC overseas 49150 blue dial Chronograph hand color

[Lalaji]

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.

[Lalaji]

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[~JJ]

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.

[cascavel]

Are you sure it's white and not polished metal?

[Lalaji]

Originally Posted by ~JJ

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

[Lalaji]

Originally Posted by cascavel

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.

[gtruex]

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.

[Horationelson]

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