We were sitting around spinning on our spinney chairs in the WristReview office the other day thinking of something to write about. Apart from one or two brands, no one has released news ahead of January’s SIHH show in Geneva, so there are not a huge amount to discuss, so we did a bit of thinking (dangerous, I know). One of the big topics here is on the news frequently is the topic of Great Britain leaving the European Union, a complicated and confusing process known as ‘Brexit’. You would not think that this would be the ideal inspiration for a wristwatch, but someone at Graham watches clearly has a sense of intelligence as that certainly is exactly what they’ve made, a Brexit watch.
The name Graham comes from the English clockmaker George Graham and is very historically significant regarding horology. Graham CHRONOFIGHTER VINTAGE BREXIT was already an acceptable and very well trained clockmaker want he met Thomas Tompion, who took a shine to him and later employed Graham. Graham would go to take the reins of Tompion’s business after his death in 1713, and he spent quite a bit of time perfecting Tompion’s cylinder escapement and the early form of deadbeat seconds Tompion was working on. Finishing other people’s projects wasn’t Graham’s only success, though, he is also well known for inventing the temperature compensating mercury pendulum, this combined with the deadbeat seconds system made Graham’s clocks some of the most accurate timepieces for more than 150 years.
Nowadays the Graham company doesn’t have all that much to do with George Graham, independent of the name and their more complex watches. Still, they are a cool view and offer a unique look, and have become popular in their own right thanks to the ‘hand-grenade’ style fast action start crown program. The actual base for this UK edition is the Chronofighter Vintage watch, so it gets all the mod cons like Graham’s calibre G1747, based on an ETA movement, that runs at 4Hz for 48 hours before needing the rewind. The watch features a 30-minute chronograph operated via one pusher, and a day-date display. The motion also has 25 jewels, Incabloc protection and is certified Chronofiable. The case is a hefty 44mm in height and made of steel. Water proofing is 100m.
The face is the unique part of the enjoy, instead of having a more traditional brown or blue dial, the watch has the Union Flag on it, the official banner of the United Kingdom and the most recognisable hole around. Yet, this isn’t celebrating any world-renowned rockband such as the Rolling Stones or a British innovation, it’s actually marking the event that could change everything (at least for Europeans), Brexit. To make this particular known, and to add a little humour, the actual chronograph subdial has the word ‘Brexit? ’ written onto it. This is not so much an indication of the company’s sitting on the topic, I commend them for staying neutral, but instead, it echoes a lot of people’s worries. “Will Brexit ever happen? ” is a large point of debate, from the European side it seems like Britain wants the best without actually with regards to the EU, and on the particular British side, it’s more why typically the EU appears to be unnecessarily hindering the process. It’s still a big topic, but there’s not much time left before the day finally arrives. I wonder how many Britons will be rocking this see on the day? There are only 100 pieces anyway, as it’s a limited edition
Hey, look at that, we managed a political article without mentioning Donald Trump once. Oh no. Visit Graham Watches in this article.
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