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SIHH 2019 - Speake-Marin London Chronograph Bronze
Fri, 18 January 2019 10:19
Limited Edition of 8 Pieces Each
Speake-Marin pays tribute to one of the most loved chronograph models of the 20th century: the Valjoux 72 caliber.
The case, Piccadilly model, is done in bronze and it measures 42mm. It has an AR-coated sapphire crystal and it is water resistant to 30 meters.
Movement is the Swiss manual-wind NOS Valjoux 72 with 17 jewels, 18,000 vph and a power reserve of 40 hours. It is a column wheel chrongoraph. Functions are: hours, minutes, seconds. 30-minute counter at 3 o'clock and real time 60-second counter at 9 o'clock. 12-hour counter at 6 o'clock.
It has a blue or grey gradient face on a white 3-dimensional dial. Bronze indices. Central wheel with the Speake-Marin symbol. Heart-shaped golden steel hands. Central orange chronograph seconds hand. The central wheel at the center of the dial is shaped like the Speake-Marin symbol and rotates with the hours. This central rotor is engraved with "London" and "Chronograph", two words that appear at 12 o'clock.
It comes on a beige calf leather strap with a titanium clasp.
- Jorge Merino