Not many of you will have heard of Sorna... a little-known Swiss brand who where not known for their quality but did make some unique pieces. Apparently the owner of this company went on to buy Breitling.
This 1975 manual winder model is a called the World Time Chrono and features a very inexpensive pin lever movement. Didn't want to over-wind it but I got 36 hours out of. The date change is done by turning the time set function backwards and it works perfectly. Keeps good time and was within 3 seconds in 24 hours. One of my favorite purchases in the last 6 months and the best $200 I have spent in a long time.
The owner seldom wore it and it is in very nice condition. The chrono functions all work and where the watch was originally sold with a tacky blue rubber strap, the fellow I bought it from upgraded it to a croc-like leather off a Seiko.m Its about 46mm and it wears well even on my smallish wrist. Fornutaly my wrist is flat allowing me to pull off bigger watches.
It has 3 rotating bezels (the blue outermost) the white one next to the outer blue one does not move but the inner two are rotated with the 2 crowns on the left. It came with an aftermarket box and is about a 9 out of 10 in terms of condition. Not bad for a 40 year old piece.
Here's some interesting info on it: http://www.crazywatches.pl/sorna-chrono-eb8420-chronograph-1975
Oh... One more: Got this gorgeous Bulova Precisionist New / Unworn at the same show (still had the $699US hang tag on it and the bracelet wrapped in plastic.
A cool quartz watch that has a 2 stage crystal that allows the second to sweep like an auto if you choose and it reverts to 1 second :jumps" in chrono mode. The chrono has a 1/1000 sec function. Very cool how one of the top two hands spins at 300RPM while the other goes 30RPM and the bottom dial counts off the thousandths. No lume but a lot of watch for the money (paid the same price as the Sorna) Its massive and it was a great deal.
Wayne
This 1975 manual winder model is a called the World Time Chrono and features a very inexpensive pin lever movement. Didn't want to over-wind it but I got 36 hours out of. The date change is done by turning the time set function backwards and it works perfectly. Keeps good time and was within 3 seconds in 24 hours. One of my favorite purchases in the last 6 months and the best $200 I have spent in a long time.
The owner seldom wore it and it is in very nice condition. The chrono functions all work and where the watch was originally sold with a tacky blue rubber strap, the fellow I bought it from upgraded it to a croc-like leather off a Seiko.m Its about 46mm and it wears well even on my smallish wrist. Fornutaly my wrist is flat allowing me to pull off bigger watches.
It has 3 rotating bezels (the blue outermost) the white one next to the outer blue one does not move but the inner two are rotated with the 2 crowns on the left. It came with an aftermarket box and is about a 9 out of 10 in terms of condition. Not bad for a 40 year old piece.
Here's some interesting info on it: http://www.crazywatches.pl/sorna-chrono-eb8420-chronograph-1975
Oh... One more: Got this gorgeous Bulova Precisionist New / Unworn at the same show (still had the $699US hang tag on it and the bracelet wrapped in plastic.
A cool quartz watch that has a 2 stage crystal that allows the second to sweep like an auto if you choose and it reverts to 1 second :jumps" in chrono mode. The chrono has a 1/1000 sec function. Very cool how one of the top two hands spins at 300RPM while the other goes 30RPM and the bottom dial counts off the thousandths. No lume but a lot of watch for the money (paid the same price as the Sorna) Its massive and it was a great deal.
Wayne
