Since August 2021, Mondaine has been offering a mechanical version in its evo watch collection, using the unmistakable design of the famous ?Official Swiss Railways Clock.? We took the evo2 SBB Automatic on a quick train ride.

In 2021, Mondaine reintroduced a mechanical version of the famous railway watch, which it has been producing since 1986.

Like any railway company, the 1902-founded Swiss Federal Railways (often referred to by the initials of its German, French and Italian names SBB, CFF, FFS), too, knew about the significance of coordinated precision timing early on, in order to build and safely operate what should eventually become the densest rail network in Europe. Today, the Swiss travel more by train than any other nation in the world, clocking up an average of 2,400 km per person every year within the country?s boarder. Switzerland is also home to the highest railway station in Europe (at 3,454 meters), the longest railway tunnel in the world (measuring 57 km long), 5,200 km of railway lines, a 21,500-km public transport network and 1,000 km of mountain railways. In other words, the Swiss indeed take punctuality quite seriously, and that?s not just because of the many watches that are being made there.
The red second hand picks up the shape of the conductor?s baton used by train and station staff.

In the 1940s, the fully state-owned railway company began with the introduction of synchronized station clocks. Because trains in Switzerland always leave ...