Borrowed Time: Tutima Tempostopp Chronograph
?Defiantly elegant.? That?s the phrase that settled into my mind as I attempted to boil down the appeal of the Tutima Tempostopp, a chronograph that features a sizable 43-mm rose-gold case, a vintage-look bicompax dial, and a new, lavishly finished in-house movement, whose architecture was inspired by a historical chronograph caliber. The Tempostopp is not a subtle timepiece, but it is most assuredly a more luxurious one, in every respect, than its utilitarian military predecessor from the 1940s.
The Tutima Tempostop Chronograph has a 43-mm rose gold case.
Taking a look at the watch the Tempostopp is based upon ? the classic Tutima Fliegerchronograph, which we had the opportunity to borrow alongside the modern piece ? one can see the obvious aesthetic influences, but also the ways in which Tutima smoothed out some of the original?s rougher edges for a much dressier watch. The case of the Tempostopp (in addition to the obvious size difference, and the use of gold rather than steel for the case) is more smoothly rounded and polished to a gleaming finish; the lugs in particular are very softly curved to hug the wrist. Also significantly missing on the Tempostopp is the bidirectionally rotating, sloped, coin-edged bezel of the vintage piece, a utilitarian element used by pilots, further speaking to the fact that the Tempostopp is a watch for the first-class lounge, not the cockpit. The Tempostopp was influenced by the Tutima Fliegerchronograph from the 1940s.
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