{"product_id":"wakmann-two-register-chronograph-as08718","title":"Wakmann Two-Register Chronograph","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere is perhaps no more versatile complication than the chronograph. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom race cars to rocket ships, boats to battlefields, you are likely to find a chronograph being employed to measure a plethora of tasks and times. From the Greek \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003ekhrónos \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(“time”)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e gráphō \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(“to write”), a chronograph is a watch that has the ability to record time, generally via the addition of small sub-counters that register minutes and hours. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThough many storied brands produced notable chronographs during the complications heyday from the 1930s through the 1970s, numerous other firms fell by the wayside during the Quartz Crisis, folding completely and disappearing or being rolled up into conglomerates that pillaged their stores of parts. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe particular chronograph we have here almost couldn’t be more representative of a chronograph made in the 1970s. Produced by Wakmann, an affiliate brad of Breitling, this sporty piece comes in at 40mm in diameter with a stainless steel case, an acrylic crystal, barrel pushers, and a bidirectional rotating timing bezel. Inside, it features a very handsome and sporty, navy blue dial with applid indices, white subsidiary register rings, an outer white tachymeter scale, and a matching handset with orange chronograph hands.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePowered by a manual winding Valjoux movement, it comes fitted to a black NATO-style fabric strap with matching orgnace and grey stripes and steel hardware.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVersatile, simple, and perfectly funky in its design, this makes for an excellent entry point into not only vintage chronographs, but vintage full-stop!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wakmann","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40245277524055,"sku":"40991430","price":1800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0809\/1255\/files\/AS08718_40991430_WAKMANN_CHRONOGRAPH_9312-6.jpg?v=1694525949","url":"https:\/\/www.analogshift.com\/products\/wakmann-two-register-chronograph-as08718","provider":"Analog:Shift","version":"1.0","type":"link"}