Chronoswiss Releases Motorsports-Inspired Regulator Classic Carbon Racer
Regulator dial timepieces are a rare breed, ostensibly designed for maximum readability of the minutes at a glance but often acting as a display of a brand's movement-making prowess. Few companies have embraced the style as thoroughly or as expertly as Chronoswiss, which, since 1988, has built the core of its brand ethos around the unusual style. For its latest iteration on the theme, Chronoswiss has taken the classic regulator style to the track for the Regulator Classic Carbon Racer.The 41 millimeter stainless steel case of the Regulator Classic Carbon Racer is pure classic Chronoswiss, with its elegantly simple lines, knurled case sides, oversized onion crown, and distinctive narrow lugs with a dramatic downward curve. This continuity helps to preserve the brand's distinctive DNA while other elements of the design experiment with drastically new styles. Around back, a screw-down caseback with a sapphire display window offers a glimpse into the manufacture caliber C.295 movement, whi
SevenFriday V-Series Watch
So it has finally happened: SevenFriday have released a new collection-or series, as they like to call them-with the?SevenFriday V-Series. It is the newest addition to the family that previously contained the P- and M-Series. While its forerunners were all 47mm soft-edged squares, the case shape of the V-Series is totally different. Two left side protrusions, housing a simple-but-smart FSC (Fast Strap Change) system, change the look of this watch entirely. In the same way Star Wars got creative with the shaping of their lettered craft, this watch kind of looks like a V that has toppled to its right and just decided to stay there.Aside from the obvious shift in silhouette, the SevenFriday V-Series features a round specially hardened and anti-reflective treated domed mineral glass and a more traditionally shaped dial. This design trait goes almost unmentioned in the press release. Not because it is a small change (I personally believe it to be seismic for the brand, and potentially desta