Chronoswiss Regulateur Long-Term Ownership Review
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Chronoswiss Regulateur Long-Term Ownership Review

By rnaden · Sep 8, 2013 · 22 replies
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rnaden shares a four-year ownership experience with his Chronoswiss Regulateur, highlighting its understated charm and practical benefits for travel. His reflections offer a valuable long-term perspective on this unique timepiece, especially for those interested in regulator displays and Chronoswiss's historical movements.

This Chronoswiss Regulateur has been with me for over four years now, and is possibly one of those that I pick to travel with and wear most often. This year though, it's been relegated to the safe most of the time because of some newer additions to the family that needed to have some "run in"and wrist time. My love for it ties back to the historical movement - and the fact that it tells time as clearly as possible, and is very quiet. The only people who would recognize it would be watch lovers and that's just the way I like it. Perfect especially for travel to the more dodgy places as it doesn't get any attention, plus the time only feature of this makes it very easy to set when crossing timezones. Still keeping excellent time, and I'm only hoping the new owners of the company keeps producing nice stuff that sits in the affordable range while still offering real watches off the mainstream.

Took it out of the safe a few days ago, and I've rekindled my affection for it. A very comfortable size and can go dressy as well as casual. Sadly, the strap loops have given way today and it is time for a new strap...oh, and did I mention I'm a huge fan of blued hands and this ticks all the right boxes? I'm thinking the new strap will either be brown or black with bright white stitching just to give it some color...will see smile Will have to find some good straps though. This is not easy to take off as the screws holding the straps to the lugs are pretty tight, and the original leather is supple and soft. Possibly better than most on the other watches that I own. Some photos to share.













Large onion crown thankfully as winding it manually takes quite a bit of effort.













Richard

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foversta
Sep 8, 2013

... powered by an Enicar movement. For the strap, what about a navy strap? Thanks a lot for the pics! Fx

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cazalea
Sep 8, 2013

I don\'t know if the classic dial will take kindly to a brightly-stitched strap ... But here are a few ideas Cheers Cazalea

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nilomis
Sep 8, 2013

Beautiful. I'm hooked on this type of crown but, believe me, I never saw a Regulateur "in metal". What is the case size? Cheers, Nilo

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cazalea
Sep 8, 2013

Nilo, It\'s about 38 x 11 compared to 38 x 15 for the Opus

NI
nilomis
Sep 8, 2013

I'm always glad to learn that is made for regular wrists. 38-40mm is perfect for my wrist. Cheers, Nilo

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rnaden
Sep 8, 2013

and Navy sounds like a good option that would match the hands. I'll add that to my shortlist and will have a try. Thanks, Fx. Richard

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