Following the release of the Chronofighter with a ‘Merry’ pin-up last Christmas, Graham is launching another special watch model – the Graham Chronofighter Vintage Nose Art Ltd ‘Kelly’ Watch – exclusively for Chinese New Year.
The new timeteller features Chinese mythology marries with 1940s aviation glamour, merging culture with a nod to the past. In the face lies Kelly, a Chinese pin-up girl hand-painted with a canine companion to signify the year of the dog. And it’s not just by chance that dog is posing between three and four o’clock, two of this new year’s lucky numbers. Kelly’s figure-hugging cheongsam dress is in striking red, the perfect accompaniment to any lanterns or couplets that may cross the wearer’s path during festive celebrations.
This Swiss made Graham timepiece has an automatic chronograph G1747 movement, visible through the case back, and the family’s iconic trigger mechanism. Complementing the midnight blue dial is a hand-sewn blue calf-leather strap. Graham is creating just 100 pieces of this special watch, each signed off by Kelly at nine o’clock – the third of the year’s lucky numbers.
Check out the rest of the timepiece features below:
USP:
- The Artistic: vintage historical timepieces inspired by Nose Art –Decorative painting on the nose, fuselage of military aircrafts starting in the 40s
- Festive edition which celebrates the Chinese New Year with pin-up Kelly; a Cheongsam girl (girl dressed in a traditional body-hugging one piece Chinese dress called Cheongsam) and a white Samoyed dog painted on the dial
- Sunbrushed vintage dial
- Automatic chronograph
- Day-date
- Fast-action start / stop trigger
- Hand-sewn calf leather strap
- Limited edition: 100 pieces (serial number on the dial)
Functions:
- Chronograph(seconds, 30 minutes counter)
- Day-date at 9 o’clock
- Hours, minutes, seconds
Calibre:
- G1747, automatic chronograph
- 28’800 A/h (4Hz)
- Incablocshock absorber
- 25 jewels
- Power reserve: 48 hours
Case:
- 44 mm steel
- Steel fast-action start/ stop trigger and reset pusher
- Domed sapphire crystal, anti-reflective coating
- See-through sapphire crystalcase back
Bezel: Steel
Water resistance: 330 feet / 100 m / 10 bar
Dial:
- Blue sunbrushed dial with painted pin-up Kelly
- Limited edition serial number at 9
- White Super-LumiNova hands, numerals and indexes
- White varnish chrono hand with red tip
- Rhodiated minutes and seconds’ counters hands
Strap:
- Hand-sewn blue calf leather
- Steel pin buckle
Read also: Celebrate Christmas In Style With A Graham Chronofighter Sporting A Merry Pin-Up
