Porsche Design unveiled its first in-house movement, Caliber Werk 01.200, in 2017, installing it as the engine of the limited-edition Chronograph 911 Turbo S Exclusive Series. At Baselworld 2018 next month, the manufacturer will launch the first watch in its 1919 Chronotimer collection to be outfitted with the movement, the 1919 Chronotimer Flyback Brown & Leather.
Porsche Design 1919 Chronotimer Flyback Brown & Leather
The new timepiece follows the codes of the Porsche Design 1919 Collection, designed at Studio F.A. Porsche in Stuttgart, which emphasize functionality and visual harmony. The slim, bead-blasted and polished titanium case (42 mm in diameter and 14.9 mm thick) frames an expansive dial, with the minute indices positioned on the flange and the notable absence of a tachymeter scale on either the dial’s edge or the bezel. (The latter, of course, would normally be expected on a motor-racing-style chronograph watch such as this one, which the company states is inspired by the “functional aesthetics of the Porsche 911.”) The dial, with a 30-minute chronograph subdial at 12 o?clock, a 12-hour subdial at 6 o?clock, a date window at 4 o?clock, and a ?function indicator? for the running seconds at 9 o?clock, is a deep brown color that harmonizes well with the brown leather strap. The flyback chronograph function, which allows the user to measure successive intervals of time, is ideal for such activities as recording cars’ lap times on a...