Oldie but goldie!

Mar 10, 2024,13:59 PM
 

Many, many moons ago, before Minerva passed first to the Gnutti led consortium and then to MB, they were already making very exciting chronographs. Finishing was nowhere near as exquisite but the basic movement design didnโ€™t differ much. 


Here a 13.20 Chronograph from the old days, on a navy sturgeon strap for some contrast. And thereโ€™s one advantage of the old ones, they are smaller and work on a wider variety of wrists ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป



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Awesome find!!!

 
 By: amanico : March 10th, 2024-16:01

Glad you like it!

 
 By: KMII : March 10th, 2024-17:20
Definitely has been a hole in my small Minerva collection and I was happy to have filled it some two years ago ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป

Thanks a lot!

 
 By: KMII : March 10th, 2024-17:21
Chronographs used to be a lot more elegant, thinner and smaller back in the day ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป

Right you are!

 
 By: lm6 : March 10th, 2024-19:11

Nowadays itโ€™s rareโ€ฆ

 
 By: KMII : March 12th, 2024-07:49
That a brand dares make a chrono if 37mm and below. Zenith did some over the last years but as said - a rarity ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿคท๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ

Perfect Congratulations

 
 By: veronik5 : March 10th, 2024-16:33
very unusual detail: the mininmal cut numerals 9 and 3 !

Indeed - when I first got it I had to look quite closelyโ€ฆ

 
 By: KMII : March 10th, 2024-17:21
Initially thinking something was untoward ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

Thanks a lot - been with me for two years already ๐Ÿ˜Š

 
 By: KMII : March 11th, 2024-09:52
Doesnโ€™t see as much wrist time as it should, though ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ