Chronograph with a 30 minute dial, quartz or automatic suggestions please

[trott3r]

Hello,

I need to send my 90s omega speedy reduced off for service so i would like suggestions for a chronograph to replace it in the short term and to wear in rotation as well when i get the reduced back.

Now, my requirements are a 30 minute dial and an hour dial.
I find the 60 minute dial too hard to read nowadays so the 30 min is a must.
Unfortunately a fair amount of chronographs have 60 min dials.

A simple easy to read watch thats 42mm or less and comes on a bracelet.
Date would be nice but not a deal breaker.

So any suggestions for a watch that is at most 1.5k but the brakes start to come on at around the 1k mark and a £500 option would be great/
Buying Second hand is okay for me.

thanks for your time
Martin

[gcleminson]

You could save yourself a few quid and pick something up off ebay similar to this one of mine - a lot of the 7T32 Seiko chronographs have a 30 min sub-dial.

[ntfromto]

Do these strike your fancy...



https://www.hamiltonwatch.com/en-ca/...no-quartz.html

Or if you could find one of these on the 2nd hand market, not sure the price mind you...

[trott3r]

Both the seiko and hamilton sadly miss the hour hand requirement.

I have a pogue for the 30 mins dial but need to track a few hours for various things.

[jameswrx]

Seiko 6138

[trott3r]

The 6138 does look interesting but I am not sure of the size of the ufo. Is it 42 or 44mm. Varies depending were you look

[DMC102]

Longines Conquest Chrono perhaps?

c.£800 to c.£1,400
41mm
30-minute register
10 or 12 hour register
Date
Bracelet
Auto or VHP quartz
Numerous dial options

Examples:

[Seiko7A38]

- [strikethrough]a lot of[/strikethrough] all the 7T32 Seiko chronographs have a 30 min sub-dial.

As of course do the much superior Seiko 7A28's and 7A38's which preceded them.

[LorneG]

Any ETA 7750 or 7753 based movements have a 30 minute sub-counter; from Hamilton to Panerai and a lot more.

https://watchbase.com/eta/caliber/7750

[trott3r]

Longines Conquest Chrono perhaps?

c.£800 to c.£1,400
41mm
30-minute register
10 or 12 hour register
Date
Bracelet
Auto or VHP quartz
Numerous dial options

Examples:

Thanks for those the first 2 are not an easy read but the last one looks good although maybe a little close the to the speedy.

Darn, I am making it hard for myself.

[trott3r]

The new Newmark vintage (Kickstarter) and Dan Henry 1964 may suit ...quartz and relatively cheap. The Christopher Ward C3 or C7. Bulova Lunar watch. Steinhart Ocean Daytona homage?

The lunar is too big for me.

I like the dan henry though.

[trott3r]

I ended up with a junkers bauhaus quartz chrono for £220 off ebay.

[sweets]

Here is a possible alternative.



This is powered by a Lemania 1873 - yes, the Speedmaster Professional movement, in this case re-tasked NOS from Paul Picot.
There is a seller on Chrono24 selling these with 3 possible dial options (black, white or reverse panda), all for less than £800 if you ask for best price.
And it is 100m waterproof too, with display back.
I can't think of a better chronograph for the money, at present, and would certainly have bought one if my money were not used up elsewhere.
The only downside from the OP brief is that it is neither auto, nor quartz,
Dave