Heritage matters! In-depth review of the hand wind chronograph from

[@scatterbrain9490]

Good looker goes a long way for sure 👍

[@latourainewatches]

Thank you for reviewing our Heritage Racer and taking the time to show off it's attributes! We appreciate it, Thank you!

[@OldLineWatches]

Thanks for letting me spend some time with it! Tremendous value and gorgeous.

[@latourainewatches]

@ anytime, thank you for the opportunity!

[@latourainewatches]

@ anytime!

[@mr.eswatchreviews]

Excellent job sir

[@mr.eswatchreviews]

Yeah I did go full send on that watch I wore a full week continuously while working on cars and I did not take it off

[@OldLineWatches]

I couldn’t tell it was worn in a rough environment like that at all. Tough as nails

[@mr.eswatchreviews]

@OldLineWatches yes I was very impressed especially when I compared to all my other watches that I wear

[@turnbasedtoddy7664]

To me if a watch is going to be vintage inspired it can’t be 43mm, that’s way too big

[@OldLineWatches]

That's the downside of modern movements - particularly in the budget realm. The ST19XX are the only way to offer a mechanical chronograph for less than $500 and are 13.75mm tall and 31.3mm diameter. To put that in a a 38mm case, you're not getting a tachymetre bezel unless you make the subdials and the dial itself ridiculously small and it'll have absurd proportions. Think about the 38mm seagull 1963: it barely looks proportionate and has no bezel at all. I think they did a great job within the constraints of that to hit their target look and feel.

[@latourainewatches]

@@turnbasedtoddy7664 agreed - no one wore a boat anchor back then. After three case revisions, we got the case as thin as the movement would allow. The 43mm is closer to the Speedy’s 42mm than a true 43mm, but the movement diameter with the bezel didn’t leave much room. Love the feedback, thank you!

[@KillingTimeWithNorman]

Those Seagull movements are so beautiful! Great review!

[@OldLineWatches]

thanks! I'm sad about the impending scarcity of the St19XX movements due to the minimum order of 10k pieces from Seagull. There's no entry-budget mechanical chronographs without it unless another overseas manufacturer decides to step into the void created.

[@KillingTimeWithNorman]

@@OldLineWatches Ugh that IS brutal :/