3 Vintage-Inspired Chronographs Seen at WatchTime New York 2019
A week ago, the WatchTime team and over 1,600 guests had the pleasure to meet at Gotham Hall in New York City for the fifth annual WatchTime New York event. The show is now the largest watch event in the United States, and as such features some of the newest and best watches in the world. This year saw a proliferation of dive watches and skeletonized models, and also a big emphasis on over-the-top expensive pieces. It also saw a continuation of the vintage-inspired trend in the watch industry, with at least four brands showcasing their vintage-inspired chronographs over the weekend. Here’s a look at three standouts.
Carl F. Bucherer Heritage BiCompax Annual
The Carl F. Bucherer Heritage BiCompax Annual, which debuted at this year’s Baselworld, is a popular chronograph inspired by a 1956 model produced by the brand. Combining an annual calendar with a chronograph, the 41-mm watch is available in either stainless steel, with a silver dial and panda-style subdial orientation, or in two-tone rose gold with a rose-and-champagne dial. Other noteworthy details include the usage of syringe hands filled with Super-LumiNova, vintage-style Arabic numerals, elongated chronograph pushers, box-type sapphire crystals, and the usage of a black rubber strap on the panda-dial model and a cognac brown calfskin strap for the champagne-dialed, two-tone model. The Swiss movement inside is the automatic Caliber CFB 1972 (an ETA base with a Dubois Dépraz module), which offers up a ...
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