Review: Archimede Pilot Chronograph Trikompax
I have a soft spot for chronographs. The first watch I ever owned was a chronograph, and I didn?t even know how to use it. I was just transfixed by the busy dial that seemed to have dials within dials, and the extra buttons on the side of the case. It was a quartz watch, so you couldn?t break the mechanism by fiddling with the pushers, and I remember wearing that thing as an adolescent and it taking on the function of a modern day fidget spinner. Bored in class" Start the chronograph. Waiting in line for a movie" Start the chronograph. Checking the time for any reason whatsoever" Oh, the chronograph is already running. Better stop it, reset it, and start it again.Â
So what?s the first thing I do when I get the Archimede Pilot Chronograph in my hands" Well, the very first thing I did was wind it up, using the incredibly satisfying and easy to manipulate onion crown. Then, yes, I started the chronograph. And stopped it. And reset it. And I?m here to tell you: even as an adult, it?s still fun.
The Archimede is straightforward in its presentation. It?s a large watch at 42mm, and I find that it wears larger because of the thinner bezel and large dial. The 3-6-9 three-register layout is incredibly attractive, in part because of the symmetry created by the arrangement of the sub-registers. There’s a running seconds at 9:00, minute and hour totalizers at 3:00 and 6:00, respectively, and a date window at the dial?s southernmost tip. The handset is...
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