The Caliber 80 Chronometer

From Mido -

Courtesy of Mido

Regular readers will know that I am a Mido fan.  My niece was in town yesterday and I passed on my father's Mido (that he had been given the day before I was born) to her as she is now 29 - the same age I was when he passed it on to me.

So the Mido Ocean Star (Henderson Limited Edition) is safe and sound with its next owner, and I am for the first time in 17 years, "Mido-less".

So the timing of this Mido press release in my in-box seems rather auspicious ; )
This is the Mido Commander Caliber 80 Chronometer.

Courtesy of Mido

So looking forward to the next generation of Mido, here are the details -

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

Movement      Automatic Mido Caliber 80 (ETA C07.621 base) COSC certified chronometer, 11½’’’, Ø25.60 mm, height: 5.22 mm, 25 jewels, 21,600 A/H, NIVACHOC shock-absorber, NIVAFLEX NM mainspring, ELINCHRON II balance-spring. Finely decorated chronometer movement with blued screws, decorated oscillating weight with Geneva stripes and Mido logo, functions HMSD+Day. Adjusted on 5 different positions for a high accuracy. Up to 80 hours of power reserve.

Case              Satin-finished stainless steel 316L, polished bezel, Ø40 mm 3 pieces, faceted and domed sapphire crystal, transparent case back to see the finely decorated and chronometer movement, engraved serial number, water‑resistant up to a pressure of 5 bar (50 m / 165 ft).

Bracelet          Satin-finished stainless steel 316L with folding clasp.

Dial             Anthracite, sunray satinated, faceted indexes individually applied, indexes with white Super‑LumiNova®, orange numbers, day and date at 3 o’clock.

Hands            Flat diamond cut, hour and minute hands with white Super-LumiNova® for easy readability at night, orange seconds hand.

Enjoy your watches!