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Carl F. Bucherer Patravi EvoTec Calendar Watch

The next watch to have Carl F. Bucherer's great A1000 base movement will be this Patravi EvoTec Calendar watch. The brand put a type of annual calendar on top of the A1000 for the CFB A1004 automatic movement that now has the time, big date (love that), day of the week, subsidiary seconds disc, and a week indicator. Week indicators are rare, and track the 52 week period in each year. This is done on the large inner dial ring. They aren't super useful, but interesting to see how you are progression into the year. Rather than a subdial for the seconds, there is a disc that rotates and you use the small red arrow to read it.

The case is in steel and 42.6mm wide. I like the round case for the Patravi more than their Cushion case - but that is just a matter of taste. The cases are finished quite well, and the operation of CFB movement is usually really nice. While the watch is cool, I think they could have done a better job at designing the dial. It could have been more legible, and less busy. Overall the new Patravi EvoTec Calendar watch is nice, satisfying the complication junkie that Carl F. Bucherer is known to go after.

Ariel Adams publishes the luxury watch reviews site aBlogtoRead.com.

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Carl F. Bucherer Patravi T-ChronoGrade Watch

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Carl F. Bucherer Patravi T-Chronograde Watch

Striking a good balance between function and friendly, this attractive new watch from Carl F. Bucherer is the Patravi T-ChronoGrade, but I will just call it the "ChronoGrade." They get to call it that as the hour elapsation indicator for the chronograph is a retrograde indicator. Get it? The watch comes in a stainless steel tonneau shaped case that is 42mm wide by 46mm tall.

I like some of the small details the Carl F. Bucherer does nicely such as the fine beveling on the faceted hour markers and the polishing throughout the watch as a whole. The watch is available with either a silvered or black finished dial and a with a fine leather strap or metal bracelet. The black or brown leather straps are almost aviator in style being thickly padded with contrast stitching (I like the red underside as well).

The ChronoGrade watch contains the CFB 1902 automatic mechanical movement that powers the 6 hour flyback chronograph, annual calendar with big date and the month, the power reserve indicator, and of course the time. This watch is a good way to go if you like a functional watch with a high level of finishing in a classic looking tonneau shaped case. Price is about $13,000.

Ariel Adams publishes the luxury watch review site aBlogtoRead.com.

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