Horological Meandering

Hi All,

 

While Nick is searching for information on his Orloff Chronograph , how about we do a thread on those most pure of chronographs, the two-register designs? After recently lamenting about passing on an ALS 1815 Chrono a few years ago, I realised I don’t have any in my collection. So torture me some more …

 

Andrew

Heuer Camaro 7743T. It's not mine anymore, but I still love it. Best regards.

Here's my Universal Geneve Uni-Compax 18k, Circa 1960s

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358 Anniversary Edition....

It has to be one of the nicest looking Sinn's made. Congrats, wear it well!

Tony

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Bi Compax are my favourite Chronos, with the monopushers, and when we get both, it is just heaven.

Here are some I owned or still own:

1/ Breitling Royal Canadian Air Force:



2/ Longines 30 CH:



3/ Mathey Tissot:



4/ Vacheron Constantin " Les Historiques " Chronograph:



5/ Heuer Bund:



6/ UN Chrono Monopusher:



7/ Lange Datograph:



8/ GP Vintage 45 Chrono:



9/ Panerai Mare Nostrum 5218-304:



10/ Patek 5070:



Well, I think it is all I owned or still own... More are in my wish list, though...

Best,

666.

I am in pain.I am getting collateral damage LOL.Beautiful examples. Cheers,dreamer

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Intrigued by the divisions on the chrono scale into 3min intervals before reaching the 10 min index.

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...it's for timing telephone units - that time it were divided in three minute intervalls for long distance calls.
You'll find them on a large variety of chronos of this period.

Best regards
Suitbert

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VC Malte Chrono with Nouvelle Lemania

cheers

fernando

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Just a beautiful classic!

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Best

Andreas

Nice one, Andreas. 

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From their (sort of) earlier days:

Not Haute Horlogerie but Bi-compax nevertheless.

meislergeisler

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... their square 'instrument' designs, I like all the round B&R watches more.

Thanks for this example. It looks good on your wrist.

Andrew

So...as a point of watch history...the term "Compax" as used by Universal Geneve refers to the number of complications. Thus, the legendary "Tri-Compax" - which actually has 4 subdials - has three complications - chronograph, calendar (day-month-date), and moonphase. The "Bi-Compax" - which has 3 subdials - has two complications - chronograph and date. The watch you are showing would have been referred to as a 'Compax" or a "Uni-Compax" by the house which originated the Compax name. That said, the term is misused so widely to refer to the number of subdials  that this has become standard in the watch collecting world. Too bad in a way that the historical usage has been lost .

1947 Chronomat in steel

Gallet Flying Officer - ever wonder what time it is in Havai?

a Russian contribution

An early 1970s Navigator

Zenith cal 146

Two Italian military chronographs - recognize the daddy of the Heuer Bundeswehr in the Leonidas?

the "Roger Brady" Carrera - one of two known MG Carreras

I did not know that. Fortunately the Dato is Bicompax either way, unless you count Flyback separately?

Best

Andreas

To my knowledge, Universal never made a flyback in the "..compax" series of models, so we'll never know if they would have counted it as a separate complication.