Carl F. Bucherer introduced its Manero Flyback model in 2016 and has rolled out a virtual painter’s palette of colorful variations on the elegantly styled chronograph since then. The latest, debuting at retail this summer, feature dials in bright blue ? “the color of the horizon,” in the company’s words, and thus suited to the spirit of the cosmopolitan travelers to whon it’s aimed

Manero Flyback Ref. 00.10919.08.53.01 on textile strap

Like their predecessors (one of which I reviewed in depth here), both new references of the Manero Flyback are housed in stainless steel cases, 43 mm in diameter and sporting an array of brushed and polished finishes. Their gleaming blue dials are covered by double-domed nonreflective sapphire crystals. The dial is bordered by a vintage-racing-inspired tachymeter scale in contrasting white, and its symmetrical layout includes two slightly recessed subdials at 3 o?clock and 9 o?clock (for chronograph minutes and running seconds, respectively), and a rectangular date window at 6 o’clock. The skeletonized lance-shaped hour and minute hands tell the time on applied, faceted hour markers, while the central seconds hand tallies elapsed seconds when it’s activated by the mushroom-shaped pushers that flank the fluted crown on the side of the case.
Manero Flyback Ref. 00.10919.08.53.21 on steel bracelet

Inside the 30-meter water-resistant case of the Manero Flyback ticks Carl F. Bucherer?s automati...