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Great love for Chronoswiss!
And what a beautiful regulateur this one! Even more beautiful—for it's outward simplicity and inward complication—than a "grail" of mine, the Kairos Chronograph reviewed so poetically in 2015 by "The Watch Curmudgeon" of Worn & Wound. (And from whom I've stolen this image. Apologies and thanks!)
The Kairos sports the same two guilloche patterns that we admire in your piece, and has lovely blued hands. It's, as I've implied, considerably busier. Yet, for a chronograph, marvelously easy to read. And, to my mind, it puts—as few chronographs do—"timekeeping" (as opposed to "the time of day") at the forefront. A wonderful watch that I would love to someday own. Thankfully, they still come available now and then.
I admire your marvelous regulateur greatly! Congratulations on this stately, calm and beautifully proportioned presentation of the tourbillon's magic. Wear it with well-deserved pride. (And good health, to boot!) FH
Sounds like you’ve had better luck than I did with that movement
i bought a Jacques Etoille tourbillon about 15 years ago that had the same Progress (later STT) tourbillon. Alas, I had nothing but issues with it and had to send it in twice in the first year for service. When it came back the second time, I sold it. But...
Great love for Chronoswiss!
And what a beautiful regulateur this one! Even more beautiful—for it's outward simplicity and inward complication—than a "grail" of mine, the Kairos Chronograph reviewed so poetically in 2015 by "The Watch Curmudgeon" of Worn & Wound. (And from whom I...