The Straton Speciale brings back the roaring 70s

In a move that warms the depths of my sclerotic heart, Straton has introduced the Speciale, a unique chronograph that comes in both quartz and automatic models and heartens back to Starsky, Hutch, and Starsky & Hutch.

The watch, which starts at $ 332 on Kickstarter for the quartz model has a square, TV-shaped case and the automatic models include a 7750 movement.

Straton Watch Co. was started in 2015 by Kyle, a 32 year old classic car and watch enthusiast. After having launched three very successful Kickstarter campaigns to fund the Vintage Driver Chrono, Curve Chrono and Syncro watches and delivering over 4000 watches to customers around the world in the last 2 years alone, feedback and support from new and existing customers has been very positive with not only receiving a quality product but also TOP customer service.

I’m a big fan of these pieces because they are so unusual and so far from the normal Kickstarter watch. At $ 805 for an automatic on a leather strap you probably can’t go long and as long as these watches don’t drag us back to a time before the Internet using some sort of strange magic spell I’m just fine with wearing one of these. We’ll grab a hands-on when we can.

●Case Material – 316L Stainless Steel with DLC clear coat (Diamond like Carbon) which makes the case scratch resistant
● Case width (left to right) – 42mm
● Lug To Lug (top to bottom) – 40.8mm
● Case Thickness – 13mm with domed sapphire for Meca-quartz and 14.9mm for the Automatic
● Movement – Valjoux 7750 (day/date) Automatic or Seiko VK67 meca-quartz hybrid
● Sub-dial description – VK67 meca-quartz no date: TOP (60 minute Chrono timer) LEFT (12
hour Chrono timer), BOTTOM (running seconds)
● Sub-dial description – 7750 Automatic day/date: TOP (30 minute Chrono timer) left (running
seconds) BOTTOM (12 hour Chrono timer)
● Crystal – Domed Sapphire Crystal
● Hands – Luminescent Hour Hands, C3 Superluminova
● Crown – Screw down
● Strap – 22mm width
● Water Resistance – 10ATM/100m
● Warranty – 24 Months

Article from: Wrist Watch Review, by John Biggs

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