Chronographe Suisse - Rare Back Dial Archived it retains the beautiful original

it retains the beautiful original radial brushing pattern

blued steel hands

with similar architecture and quality

What makes this piece considerably more special than the garden-variety Kingmatic

which you can quickly spot through the sapphire display back

Chronographe Suisse - Rare Back Dial Archived it retains the beautiful originalThe original Chronographe Suisse no relation to any modern incarnation of the brand name was at one time a major parts supplier to a number of the big houses of Swiss watchmaking. Leading up to the quartz crisis of the late 1970s, which shuttered a tremendous percentage of the industry, Chronographe Suisse was manufacturing manual winding timepieces like this one for a number of retailers throughout Switzerland and greater Europe, sometimes with their