Thank you!
Hope you're having a great Friday with that amazing 7097 of yours. That #1 on "the list"🙂.
Not a lot of people seem to care about this piece but I like it.
Cheap thrills for a complicated 'Issued' watch. Wishing you a great upcoming weekend, Capt!
Is that a central minutes counter?
..for the chrono or central running seconds ( the hand with the orange tip a bit like a plane)?
Yes it is!
On the watch, all hands in orange relate to the chrono. Central axis is seconds and the minutes is represented with the airplane hand. The hours are down in the 6 o'clock subdial. The 9 o'clock subial is the running seconds for the time, and the 12 o'cloc...
The strap is well paired
I used to own one of these. The chronograph minute indication is very cool. The chronograph pushers are discrete. No one seems to care about it? Only because this movement (Lemania 5100 if I remember correctly) is no longer available. I dropped mine on th...
When you think about it...
What mechanical watch is really suited to be dropped? The answer really is none. You might say a watch like the Extreme Lab 2 addressed it, but with that watch when wishing to do something "Extreme", you lock up the entire escapement. That is great, it ke...
The drop was an accident and not a test. My heart sank when it happened.
I still like the watch. All the marketing hype worked, titanium, Lemania 5100, date day etc., You are lucky to own. Enjoy!
Very interesting and a piece of chronograph history.
The Lemania 5100 movement was a true work horse utilized by brands as Omega, Fortis, Sinn and Tutima. This was to my knowledge the only movement with stop seconds and minutes from the center. The pilar construction is ready to work with and robust, but no...
Thank you for this awesome post including historical perspective
I was able to photograph the movement the last time the chrono was crying for a little attention. You are right... not a thing of beauty! ...
Porsche design with lemania
Multi hands. Family relationship to your Tutima piece. Love it. ...
Porsche Designs of this era were great
And I'm envious of the patina of your Tritium. Thanks for sharing!
Water resistance?
I’m guessing 3 ATM (30m) because of the pushers letting water in. That to me is the challenge with making a military watch - Chrono functions AND decent water resistance (100m to be able to take it down a few meters). But the Chrono is superb and the cent...
About the 1%
It's a shame there are not more as this is by far the most functional and legible way to go