The Chopard St. Moritz chronograph is a very cool option in my opinion. Has a very thin case because it uses the Frederic Piguet 1185. Same calibre is found in many watches double its price.

Everyone loves chronographs until its time to service them.

Great job team. These have quickly become my favourite watch KZbin videos - enjoyable and informative!

Great vid! These are all solid selections on its own already. I'd throw in a few more to complicate things further: - Nivada Grenchen Chronomaster - Lebois & Co Heritage Chronograph - Any Sinn Pilot Chronograph - Maen Skymaster 38

Always appreciate your perspective and you’re knowledgeable in the vintage space is always insightful 🙏

I’d throw in two more dress chronographs: - CARL F. BUCHERER Heritage BiCompax Annual 41mm - Union Glashütte Belisar Chronograph Mondphase

Junghans Max Bill Chronoscope should not be missed, especially as a clean design is paramount in a dress version. The debate wether a chronograph at all should be considered a dress watch is a topic for a different day.

Another excellent vid Thomas! these are very much accessible watches (almost all of them...)

I recently purchased a Breguet Type XX 3820 18K Rose Gold White Dial 39mm for 8K love it

Eberhard also has a bunch of incredible mechanical chronographs around 1000 usd. I personally bought a eberhard quadrangolo chrono of your site, uses a manualwind lemania 1872 movement.

very good

I enjoyed the video but, how can you not mention hanhart on a chronograph list like this one? Come on man!

One cool fun fact about the 6139 movement is that the second wheel is in constant motion so it’s actually better to run the movement constantly where as Swiss movements it’s better to leave them stopped. The 6139 is a stopwatch that also tells the time essentially.

Woohoo, the Bullhead got a mention. Bless you Tom, though my cherished 1973 Bullhead cost a lot less than the one you showed. Lovely lovely vintage piece (and wears less chunky than it looks)

Should’ve mentioned the citizen Bullhead chronograph you can get those for under 1000 with a flyback function.

Omega has a bullhead chronograph from 1969 and heritage model from a few years ago. My favourite is the Speedmaster Racing and the 57

Oris Divers Sixty-Five Chrono is beautiful, and under $5k.

My favourite, after a couple of years of searching, is the late 1990s Zenith El Primero 02.0500.400. 38mm, 12.2mm automatic (!), 100m, column wheel, and strikes the perfect balance (imo) between dressy and sporty. Just got mine through Chrono24.

I think the Speedmaster Professional is iconic, hackneyed and trite. Still, it's a beautiful watch. The Bulova Lunar Pilot, especially the smaller, newer variant with opaline dial and blue sub-dials is pretty compelling, and accurate. The term "hackneyed" doesn't even come to mind when thinking of this watch. :)

Claber chronos are beautiful and have that “poor man’s Heuer” history too.

What's with the Bulova Lunar Pilot for the under 1000 category?

The next watch on my list is going to be the Seiko Solar Speedtimer panda dial. I can't help but to drool every time I see that watch. I learn so much when I watch Thomas's videos.

HANHART PIONEER!!!!!!

Longines Avigation Big Eye?

Waiting for Portugieser to show a complete '6'

How can you advise people about chronographs without pointedly discussing the various options for reading off the minutes (30/60mins, sub dial or main dial, analogue/digital), or the main benefit of a flyback (you can always set it without even looking at your watch) or the pros & cons of an hour totaliser, or even how to pick one that’s easier & quicker to use than even a phone or smartwatch on voice control (cough Yachtclub)?

How many people who wear a chronograph use it as a chronograph?

You mentioned TAG Heuer far too many times. On the other hand, it seems you never heard of Sinn Pilot Chronographs.. Maybe they didn't pay you enough?

Curious as to how my opening comment is visible, as is one reply to it but my own reply does not show up. Oddly, it does when I select new rather than top comments - but is invisible again when I sign out to see, presumably, what everyone else sees. No links, polite as always, on topic… any idea what’s going on fellas… (that’s if this ever shows up!)…??

I really like these videos. Thank you for making them. Much more than the conversations with your colleague who makes no sense at all.

In my watch dictionary no chronograph word, less elegant, les wearable, you can't say an attractive dial about a chronograph watch.

ULTIMATUM: I will totally UNSUBSCRIBE unless this man buys a scorpion jacket and wears it on screen right now!!! 🦂⌚🚗😅