Throughout its more than 165-year-long history, Vulcain has time and again reaffirmed its reputation as a watchmaker of excellence, with benchmark-setting innovations and high quality mechanical timepieces designed, developed and produced at the Manufacture in Le Locle, the cradle of Swiss watchmaking. Precise, timeless watches that today are being revived to the delight of collectors. In the beginning of the Vulcain revival, the focus had been on the worlds of diving and aeronautics, on the deep blue sea and the wide open sky. It’s now time for the turn of the wide open road: Vulcain is relaunching a universal chronograph, the Chronographe 1970’s.
Sporty, chic, sophisticated
The collections of Vulcain watches developed since 1885 contain original pieces that are just waiting to be reissued. It was while browsing through the original product catalogues from way back when that Guillaume Laidet, Vulcain consultant in charge of collections, and always on the lookout for vintage timepieces to revive, came across a true sleeping beauty: a chronograph from the 1970s, with a blue dial and gray counters.
The new Chronograph 1970’s with its 38mm diameter and 12.40 mm thick “step-case” is identical to the original and set to appeal to vintage chronograph lovers. It is available in 4 dial colors: blue, black, panda-silver and salmon (limited to 50 pieces). At its heart is a hand-wound SW510 M BH movement with a 63-hour power reserve – a feature appreciated by collectors and daily wearers alike.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
- Case: 316L polished steel; diameter 38 mm; thickness 12.40 mm
- Semi-brilliant sunray dial: available in Blue, Black, Panda silver and Salmon; white or black hour markers
- Double-domed sapphire crystal with anti-reflective treatment
- Water resistance: 5 ATM (50 meters)
- Movement: SW510 M BH mechanical, hand-wound
- Functions : 5-hand analog display – hours, minutes, seconds, subdials at 3 and 9 o’clock
- Frequency: 28,800 vibrations per hour
- Power reserve: 63 hours
- Strap: leather or crocodile style; pin buckle
- Recommended retail price: 2 500 € / CHF 2 500 / 2 650 USD
Note: the version with the Salmon dial is limited to 50 pieces
