Pushing Forward with Victorinox Chrono Classic

I have an ongoing fascinated + appreciation towards the design of watches. Those little round things that sit on your wrist, humbly telling you which part of the day it is – but they're usually built to be capable of much more. Take James Bond's watch in Live and Let Die for instance - that thing not only had a hidden buzz-saw to cut through shackles, it also had an electromagnetic field which could divert incoming bullets....chances are it probably stirred his Martini too. That being said, in everyday-life we really don't need any of that. The minimum we need is for it to keep good time, but it's those extra details and design decisions that really intrigue me.

Last month we learnt about the I.N.O.X – a watch which is capable of withstanding some of the harshest conditions you will come across. This month we're looking at the more subtle and sophisticated Victorinox Chrono Classic. Fancy. For me, what's most noteworthy about this watch is the abundance of small details - which in many an argument is what menswear thrives upon.

The Chrono Classic takes its name from its chronographic movement – meaning both regular time display and a stopwatch all in one – and takes design inspiration from the original Swiss Army Officer's Knife. If you look closely you'll see that the individual number dials + hands resemble the shape of the their knife, the red second hand gives a nod to the iconic survival tool's colour and lower-central dial unit is made from the same material (almost file-like) as seen throughout their whole outdoor collection.

Boy, that was a mouthful, but in terms of what the Chrono Classic is capable of it's not very complicated at all. One of the neatest techy features of the watch is the perpetual calender, which automatically adjusts at the end of each month and also acts as the chronographic timer. For me, this dial is the coolest looking feature of the watch - and it would be the piece which Bond presses to eject the crumby bad guy from his brand new speed boat. Click play on the video to see the watch in action.

For more information about the Victorinox Chrono Classic visit here.

This post is in partnership with Victorinox. 

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