Tokei-Dokey!

The Mirco TYPE-02 SR -

Courtesy of Mirco

Curious to relate, the HQ if Mirco is located in what I used to think of as the "big city" when I was living in Kasukabe, Japan.  A contact to Mirco will (I have to assume, as my emails have gone unanswered) pass through a connection attached to an address in what was once Omiya, now a compartment of what is now known as Saitama-Shi (that's Saitama City to you).  At any rate, they make a pretty spiffy chronograph -

Courtesy of Mirco

Now it is not exactly bargain priced at 275,000 Yen, and in all honesty I have yet to see one in person, but it is intriguing.  My understanding is that they made an appearance at BaselWorld this past March, and with luck they will be back in 2020 so the rest of us can get a closer look.

Courtesy of Mirco

Here are the pertinent, straight from Saitama-Ken:

Reference number:

T202.01.01 

Case:

Steel (SUS316L) 

Strap:

Leather Strap color:Timber / Tan Crystal:Sapphire crystal 

Case diameter:

42mm Between lugs 20mm 

Movement:

Automatic (28,800 bph, Power reserve 45 hours. 34 jewls. ) 

Water resistance:

10bar (100 meters / 330 feet) 

Functions:

Chronograph, Tachymeter, Date 

Made in Japan

Happily Ever After - "Preservers of Important Intangible Cultural Properties"

We live in a throw-away society - and I hate that! Regular readers might recall this image from a previous post. This was a much maligned hand-wound, 17 jewel SEIKO wristwatch that I found on EBAY. I suspect that this poor fellow had been bashed, and then shunted into a dresser drawer.