Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Siduna M3440 Professional Uni-Compax Chronograph
After covering Swedish startups Maen and Nezumi, I?ve been patiently watching the rise of other Scandinavian brands. This week we focus our eye on another as we spotlight Siduna and its first production watch: the M3440 Professional Uni-Compax Chronograph.
The new piece is based upon a 1973 standard-issue military chronograph produced for the Swedish Air Force, or Svenska Flygvapnet (vintage model pictured above, via Sotheby?s). It used a case design by Ervin Piquerez SA that originated in 1968 and is commonly seen in military chronographs by Breguet, Heuer, Sinn, and most notably Lemania, among many others. It was this Lemania version, formally known by its reference number 817, which has long been connected to the Swedish military; through time it has taken on the nickname ?Viggen,? after the Saab 37 Viggen fighter jet that its wearers flew. Today Siduna, a historical Swedish watch brand absent from the market for more than 60 years, has revived the public-domain design in the first watch from its modern incarnation.
The 817 re-creation is a steel 42-mm chronograph with rectangular lugs, a screw-down waffle crown, and pump pushers. A black rotating bezel outlines the domed sapphire crystal protecting the dial. On the Super-Luminova-accented face is a white outer minute track marked at each five-minute mark, with printed Arabic numerals for each of the hours. At the 3 o?clock position is a 30-mintue counter, with a running seconds subdial parallel to 9 o?clock, with stan...
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