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Tonight I want to share with you a fine example of an Early 1970's Chronograph. Most chronographs that many people are familiar with are either quartz or automatic, but very few are hand-wound.
This is a treat for me, because the watch I am about to share is all original except for the bracelet.
Let's begin...
The name Voltaire Model No. 4005 was actually a model of watches under the auspices of Paul Perret. This particular watch is all stainless steel, with 17 Rubis (Jewels), Incabloc flat hairspring, a rotating bezel and the rare blue-panda totalizers. The watch is antimagnetic and Water-Resistance to 600ft, as it is stated on the caseback.
I believe the movement is either a Landeron 248 or the more venerable and desirable Valjoux Caliber 7733. I have yet to find out. The watch measures 38mm in diameter by 46mm in length and 18mm thick, this is one solid block of stainless steel.
Since most modern watches have gone for the retro-look,surprisingly this vintage chronograph does not look out of place.
Overall, it is slightly bigger than my 1971 Rolex 1601 DateJust at 36mm.
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Last edited on Sun Feb 26th, 2017 03:06 am by Simon_Leung