2022 Time This Salmon Dial Meca-Quartz Chrono 38mm
Ref: 2201RS5
Specification
Lugs : 20mm
Condition : Pre-Owned
Box & Papers : Box & Papers
Case Material : Stainless Steel
Warranty : 12-Months Non-waterproof Warranty
Points of Mention
This watch is sold with its original Time This box and paperwork. The watch comes paired with its original quick-release 20mm strap with a pin buckle; inside the box, there are an additional two leather straps. The watch is from May 2022 and is sold in worn condition but overall in very fair condition, as you can see from the photographs. The watch comes with our 12-Months NON-Waterproof Warranty.
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The Watch
Here we have a 2022 Time This Salmon Dial Meca-Quartz Chrono with a 38mm polished and brushed stainless steel case that curves over your wrist with drilled tapered lugs. Taking its inspiration from the 1940s bi-compax chronographs, a lug-to-lug length of 46mm and a case thickness of 11.5mm ensures a comfortable fit. Down the right side, we have the piston-style chronograph pushers and in the centre a push/pull crown. A stepped polished smooth bezel holds a domed sapphire crystal above an attractive Salmon dial, an outer Tachymeter is precisely executed surrounding an inner minute track, applied polished steel Breguet numerals mark the hours, at 3 o’clock a 24-hour register and at 9 o’clock a small seconds register, each with a polished steel leaf hand, elegant polished leaf hands are complemented by a blue tapered chronograph hand, at 12 o’clock we have the Time This motif completing this vintage-inspired bicompax chronograph. On the reverse a screw-down case back, inside a Quartz Seiko Cal. VK64 is a mechanical quartz hybrid that has a tuning fork-type quartz crystal, you get the same kind of mechanical resistance when you engage the pushers and a satisfying snap back of the chronograph seconds hand on reset. The watch comes paired with its original quick-release 20mm strap with a pin buckle; inside the box, there are an additional two leather straps, and the watch comes with its Time This presentation box and paperwork.
Personal Note
If you have been after a Furlan Marri Salmon but don't want to pay the crazy prices people are asking for them, here is your solution! The build quality and finishing are identical, the same Francois Borgel-inspired case and pushers, the engravings on the case, the movement etc... This has to have been built in the same factory directly next to Furlan Marri, just now at a fraction of the cost!
The Brand
Mr Tony Zhou founded TimeThis in 2022 in his hometown of Chengdu, China. As an avid vintage watch collector, he was inspired by the timepieces of the 1930s to the 1970s, which often fetched enormous prices at auction, making it challenging for many to collect them. To address this issue, he took matters into his own hands and started manufacturing classically designed timepieces. He utilised the abundant supply chain in China and designed and manufactured the watches in Chengdu. Since then, he has expanded his operations with offices in Hong Kong, Singapore, Frankfurt, and Berlin.