There’s something a little ’70s playboy about a blue-and-gold colour scheme, but that’s okay; we’ve always had a certain regard for Roger Moore
movements are big and so the watches are at the 9 o’clock position to let you know the bulky. Some people love this, of course – it movement is running. wasn’t so long ago that 45mm (and above) That the water-resistant chrono pushers hockey pucks looked dangerously like need unscrewing each time you use them becoming the norm, and to many a 43mm, can be a bit of a faff, perhaps, but then Valjoux 7750-powered beast like this is still how often do you use yours anyway? just average, not huge – but of late things (Okay, keen cooks, I’ll concede that yes, have returned somewhat towards the land maybe you do.) As with most watch funcof sanity. tions, it’s the fact that it can do something Though the C60 initially felt a tad hefty that matters, not that you’ll often use it. to me, it’s not ludicrously so – and is definitely something I could get used to. And here’s the other thing. Most of my watches are black – black face, black The C60 is full of cleverness: the ceramic strap – yet I probably wear my 1950 Omega bezel has a full minute-track; there’s an Seamaster the most, and why? Silver face, automatic helium release valve (which brown strap. It just goes more often, more will only come into its own during decomof the time, with what I’m wearing. So the pression, but is something to talk about); navy and metallic gold look of the C60 – and a highly detailed dial full of intriguing perfect with jeans – is actually perfect for intricacy. The little trident device on one me too, making this a watch sure to find a end of the chronograph hand has always regular place in my rotation rota. been cool, of course, but I also like the way the date display is neatly tucked away into C60 Trident Chronograph Pro 600, the lower of the two sub-dials, and that £1,395 / $1,920 there’s a smart little spinning disk register
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