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€1,160.00*
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| Movement | Swiss Hand Wound Movement SW 261-1M |
 ICKLER Watch Case | High-quality ICKLER Watch Case, manufactured in Pforzheim / Germany. |
| Dial | Curved, green with luminous indices and numerals, small second at 6 |
| Zeiger | Vintage luminous hands, curved |
| Strap | Light-brown Vintage leather strap, width 20mm (for wrist size 17,5- 21,5cm) (optional: deployant buckle) |
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Why I have become somewhat obsessed with Archimede? Well, after running a few brands, and operating in supporting roles, it is nice to see a brand that does not spend so much time worrying about who / what they are perceived to be. Rather, Archimede seems to spend its time on making solid watches, at a fair price, that people will actually want to buy and wear.
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| Movement | Swiss-made hand-wound movement SW 261-1M |
 ICKLER Case | The high-quality case manufactured by ICKLER in Pforzheim. |
| Dial | Domed, green with luminous numbers and indexes, small second at 6 |
| Hands | Vintage, luminous hands, domed |
| Band | Light brown leather strap, Vintage look, width 20mm, (wrist size: 17 - 21,5cm) (optional: deployment clasp) |
Every year about this time, anyone who writes, blogs, vlogs, or pod casts about any sort of consumer product will open their emails each day to find a dump of requests from pr firms to write about their client's products for holiday gift buying guides. And while I do read Monocle, Vanity Fair and the Rake (if and when it actually shows up in North America. It is more often than not a no-show, or delayed by 3 months) I am a social worker, and do not foresee any time in the future where a Cartier Tank will find its way into my Christmas stocking ; )
But with that said, I thought I would break with my usual attitude regarding overt product placement by spending the next few weeks writing about watches, pens, shoes, etc. that I actually personally own or admire. With the caveat that almost all of them are actually (relatively) affordable and not the sole domain of the idle rich.
Some years are more challenging / eventful than others. And while we sometimes mark a success or triumph over adversity at the time, we sometimes wait until the holiday and get that extra something for someone we've been cheering for. The first gift suggestion would mark that for me.
And I'd like to kick it of with a watch from Archimede -
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I would opt for the hand-winding version -
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And as this is a special year-end self-reward / very special holiday gift for a loved one (assuming I was the loved-one), I would plump for the case back engraving -
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CHRONOGRAPH 100
Limitierted Special Edition | Collector's Rarity
Our anniversary model is a tribute to our 100-year family tradition and combines our classic design with new elements. There are only 60 numbered pieces worldwide. The outstanding, very high-quality Swiss chronometer movement ETA 7754 TOP with GMT function makes your watch something very special and guarantees precision, reliability and durability.
Our brushed ICKLER Watch Case, made of 316L stainless steel, has a diameter of 42mm, is 15.6mm high and has a domed sapphire crystal with inner AR.
Every watch is tested by the Glashütte Sternwarte Observatory and certified as a chronometer. You will receive your anniversary watch with the certificate from the Glashütte Observatory in high-quality special packaging.
ETA 7754 TOP WITH GMT FUNCTION
Chronometer Made in Germany
Every single watch is tested by the Glashütte Observatory and certified as a chronometer. The title 'chronometer' is hard earned. Chronometers are particularly accurate watches that have to prove themselves in various tests. All tests take place in the Glashütte Observatory in cooperation with the Thuringian State Office for Consumer Protection (TLV) and the State Office for Metrology and Calibration (SME).
For 15 days, 360 hours, the watch movements have to prove at different temperatures and in five different positions that the second hand is guilty of a deviation of no more than minus 4 to plus 6 seconds per day.
2. TIMEZONE
GMT hand orange mat
Whether you are a frequent traveler or just have regular communication with people in another time zone, knowing the time in more than one place can be very useful. GMT is short for Greenwich Mean Time. It is the average time that the sun crosses the Greenwich meridian — “average” because the exact time can vary by up to 16 minutes throughout the year.
The ARCHIMEDE CHRONOGRAPH 100 displays an optional second timezone with the orange GMT hand.
STRAP AND ENGRAVING
Stainless Steel clasp
The brushed stainless steel clasp of the Chronograph 100 has a special engraving. You can of course also order a folding clasp as an option, which of course also has the special engraving.
Tempus Fugit!
Too soon?
; )
One of the first brands covered by the Blog Formerly Known As Tempus Fugit was Archimede. Based in Germany's Black Forest, Archimede was part of a family of brands owned by the Ickler family of watch case making fame.
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| Movement | Swiss-made automatic movement ETA 2824 |
| ICKLER Case | The high-quality case is manufactured by ICKLER in Pforzheim. |
| Dial | Olive with old radium luminous indexes |
| Hands | Old radium with luminous hands |
| Band | Olive Canvas strap with DLC clasp with ARCHIMEDE logo, SUUNTO clipper |
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ICKLER Case |
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| Movement | Swiss-made automatic movement SW 200-1 |
| ICKLER Case | The high-quality case manufactured by ICKLER in Pforzheim. |
| Dial | Silvered with applied luminous indices, date at 3 |
| Hands | Silver, luminous hands |
| Band | Black leather strap (optional: deployment clasp) (wrist size: 17.8 - 21.7cm) |
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ICKLER Case From Archimede -
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