Best racing watch
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Angel
I am a beginner, looking to have some fun :)
Boston
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17.15 cm
Maybe the Yema Rallygraf?
https://en.yema.com/collections/rallygraf-meca-quartz
Maybe the Yema Rallygraf?
https://en.yema.com/collections/rallygraf-meca-quartz
Good idea! I know of this one but will take a second look.
I second @GentaJ with the Yema Rallygraf.
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Seiko
Seiko has a long history of chronographs putting them up there with Zenith and Rolex. Makes snobs cry to know Seiko had their hands on everything. If you read many articles they wont even bother mentioning Seiko.
Although self winding watches and clockwork have been around since the late 1700s, the automatic (self winding) chronograph was not invented until the late 1960s. In 1969, the watch companies Heuer, Breitling, Hamilton, and movement specialist Dubois Dépraz, developed the first automatic chronograph in partnership. They developed this technology secretly in an effort to prevent other watchmaking houses from releasing an automatic chronograph first, namely their competition Zenith and Seiko. It was in Geneva and in New York that this partnership shared the first automatic chronograph with the world on March 3, 1969. These first automatic chronographs were labelled "Chrono-matic".[17][18]
So no matter what Seiko Racing Chronograph you buy from $100 to $10,000 Grand Seiko they both carry on the heritage and inhouse movements that makes snobs cringe.
I second @GentaJ with the Yema Rallygraf.
More options:
Seiko
Seiko has a long history of chronographs putting them up there with Zenith and Rolex. Makes snobs cry to know Seiko had their hands on everything. If you read many articles they wont even bother mentioning Seiko.
Although self winding watches and clockwork have been around since the late 1700s, the automatic (self winding) chronograph was not invented until the late 1960s. In 1969, the watch companies Heuer, Breitling, Hamilton, and movement specialist Dubois Dépraz, developed the first automatic chronograph in partnership. They developed this technology secretly in an effort to prevent other watchmaking houses from releasing an automatic chronograph first, namely their competition Zenith and Seiko. It was in Geneva and in New York that this partnership shared the first automatic chronograph with the world on March 3, 1969. These first automatic chronographs were labelled "Chrono-matic".[17][18]
So no matter what Seiko Racing Chronograph you buy from $100 to $10,000 Grand Seiko they both carry on the heritage and inhouse movements that makes snobs cringe.
Wow, thank you. Very informative and interesting!
Autodromo watches would tick all your boxes except for one. Historical significance. We'll have to do a rain check on that.