Last year, Carl F. Bucherer introduced a new, retro-look version of its Manero Flyback Chronograph in a steel case, with design elements inspired by the brand’s watches from the 1960s and ’70s. At the Baselworld watch fair in March, the Lucerne-based watch maison will launch a new model that keeps the vintage flair and adds a touch of gilded luxury. Here’s a sneak preview of the Carl F. Bucherer Manero Flyback Chronograph in 18k rose gold.
Carl F. Bucherer Manero Flyback Chronograph in 18k rose gold
Like the seven models that preceded it in the series, the newest version of the Manero Flyback has a 43-mm case and a highly domed, nonreflective sapphire crystal. Under that crystal is a sunburst-finished black dial, with silver-colored subdials at 3 o?clock and 9 o?clock (for chronograph minutes and running seconds, respectively), and punctuated by red accents in the chapter ring, on the central seconds hand, and in the word “Flyback” above the 6 o’cloc The applied, wedge-shaped hour indices and lance-shaped hour and minute hands are rose-gold-colored to echo the case, the date appears in a framed window at 6 o?clock, and an old-school tachymeter scale is printed on the dial’s flange. The black dial has red details including the seconds hand and chapter ring.
Inside the case, beating beneath a clear sapphire caseback, is the self-winding Caliber CFB 1970 ? based on the classical ETA 7750 and modified for Bucherer by La Joux-Perret ? wh...