Anyone who frequents watch forums will be familiar with Manchester Watch Works and Doug the founder, who is a true watch nerd, and builds watches simply for fun.
I started following MWW very late but didn’t buy any of their watches, till I saw the vintage inspired chrono and I couldn’t resist so I had to jump on it.
The project was funded on kickstarter, and Doug was sending out scheduled updates regularly, and also he was updating the forum threads regularly; it was one of the most pleasant watch projects I took part in.
The watch was delivered ahead of schedule; packaging was nice, and secured the watch but nothing to write home about.
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The watch has a very unique barrel shaped case; very strong and bold lines.
The dial has three sub dials with a full chrono function and a running second hand; the version I chose was a panda with blue subdials, but there were 2 other versions; a panda with brown subdials and a third all grey version.
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The dial is very well executed, with applied MWW logo, crisp printing and very thick lume application
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The sapphire crystal is flat but sitting proudly on the case top; the lugs are nicely curved and drilled!
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The signed crown and pushers are very well executed, and they really complement the case design.
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The case back is simple but very elegant and flawless, no sharp edges at all with nice engraving
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Didn’t I say lume!
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The watch sits very nicely on the wrist; mainly because of the curved and short lugs’ design.
It has a 40mm diameter and 48mm lug to lug length.
This beauty is powered by a Swiss made Isaswiss 8371 Chronograph.
I highly recommend you have a look at MWW offerings!
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