Jay (Eire)
9141
Manual Wind Chronographs
Towards the end of last year I effected the following switch; one manual wind chronograph out another manual wind chronograph in.
That is about all the similarities these two watches share, and aesthetically they couldn’t be any more different.
One is firmly seated in its place as a game changer for modern chronographs, a watch that made several manufacturers “wake up” and eventually push their own development of a “peer in house chronograph”.
The other is often seen as a novelty, and not in the usual (complimentary) sense of the word as it’s used in horology. A bit of a rogue piece, more bluster than substance.
One is finished to a point that is beyond question for “mass production” (you know what I mean by this) and carries a movement with depth that has never disappointed any eye or camera lens.
The other, eh, yes it’s finished. But in terms of movement there is nothing else like it either; its material composition or the approach to the “complication”.
So, what left and what came in? Can you guess? (No cheating, this post and memory recall only). I’ll share the answer later in the week.
(The Seagull was not part of this transaction but given that photos generally attract more attention I felt I need at least one photo).
Manual Wind Chronographs
