Very little is truly new in the world of Swiss watches. Take the Calibre S movement introduced in 2007, which combined the reliability of a quartz movement with a mechanical chronograph module of an automatic Calibre. Innovative? Sure, but we’ve been here before, as TH itself had a similar movement in the Calibre 185 used in the 1980s. The titanium… Read More
POSTED 17 Jul 2011
Easy Rider
The Heuer Easy Rider (although the watch never wore the Heuer Shield) was a low-cost quirky 1970s Chronograph promoted by the legendary racing driver Jacky Ickx. Unfortunately, there were reliability problems with the pin-pallet movement, which blighted the reputation of the Easy Rider, but it’s a great looking watch that could only be from the 1970s.
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