The compass rose, without the counters.

Franck Muller’s Vanguard is the barrel-shaped sport case with numerals that bend to follow its curve, and Yachting is the version with the sea drawn on the dial: a compass rose where the hands meet, and North, East, South and West with their degrees around the edge where a tachymeter would sit. On the chronograph the counters cover part of it; on this time-and-date version the whole rose is visible and the dial reads as one design.

The case is solid 18k rose gold, 45 by 54mm and 14mm thick, which is a big watch by any measure, though the curve keeps it close to the wrist. The strap is blue rubber with a woven-look top that runs into the case rather than hanging from lugs, the Vanguard trick that makes the whole thing look like one curved object. The gold hands and numeral outlines are luminous.

The seller’s description is complete for once: polished 18k rose gold case, 45 by 54mm, 14mm thick, screw-in caseback, blue dial, rose gold luminescent hands, rose gold outlined numerals, date at six, sapphire, Swiss automatic, 30 metres, blue rubber strap with a carbon-fibre top, deployment buckle, and the reference V 45 SC DT YACHTING 5N.BL. The Amazon model row says 45SCYACHTGLD, a seller code rather than a Franck Muller reference; the title carries the real one. The reserve here is Franck Muller’s published figure, not the seller’s.

The seller is MS-TR JAPAN, a marketplace seller shipping from Japan with delivery quoted at two to four weeks, and there is no condition statement, no service history and nothing about box or papers. Ask all three before buying, and use the 30-day return window to have the watch checked when it arrives. Every figure here comes from the listing and from Franck Muller’s published description, not from handling the watch.

This is a regular Amazon listing from a marketplace seller with Amazon’s 30-day return window; it is not a Luxury Stores unit and the seller has not published a condition. The second button opens the live search for rose gold Vanguard Yachtings in case this one has sold.

Gold Vanguards have resold for well under new and close to what pre-owned buyers paid, sometimes more, sometimes less; that is a pattern, not a promise, and nothing here is investment advice.