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Although the Type 20 is a post-war design, visually it owes much of its layout and overall look to Second World War chronographs made by German manufacturers Hanhart, Tutima, Glashütte and others.

For me, a good old true watch, a vintage Memovox E 855 black. Fundamentally beautiful and charming. You? HAGWE, Nicolas

While the excitement (and drooling) started with the SBGH035 for me (posted the other day), the first to actually make it onto my wrist was the humbler SBGX097. With its subtle green dial (a bit ahead of time in 2015, when I got it and often hard to captu

Here are some pics from the press media (credit: ): Here is a pic I saw on Chrono 24: Then, may I ask why?

Just climbing out into the weekend.. 🍺

Namely the SBGH035. It finally wasn’t my first GS, that turned out to be the SBGX097, but it was the wavy dial and the Special promise in a steel case that attracted me first and finally joined the collection as the second GS. Still enjoying it every time

From a London boutique stop in June 2108. I still regret not getting the enamel Reverso with the Hokusai “The Great Wave of Kanagawa.” Dave

Simple, cool, original, fresh, and not too expensive... What's not to like??? Best, Nicolas