There is perhaps no more versatile complication than the chronograph. 

From race cars to rocket ships, boats to battlefields, you are likely to find a chronograph being employed to measure a plethora of tasks and times. From the Greek khrónos (“time) and gráphō (“to write”), a chronograph is a watch that has the ability to record time, generally via the addition of small sub-counters that register minutes and hours. 

Though many storied brands produced notable chronographs during the complication’s heyday from the 1930s through the 1970s, numerous other firms fell by the wayside during the Quartz Crisis, folding completely and disappearing or being rolled up into conglomerates that pillaged their stores of parts. 

German tool watch manufacturer extraordinaire Sinn has made some of the most notable chronographs of the last several decades, and is still doing so today. From military-issue pieces to dive watches and more, their wares are constantly winning the firm design awards for their thoughtfulness and ingenuity.

The R500 is one such timepiece. A racing chronograph in ‘bullhead’ configuration — with the pushers situated at the top — it’s housed in a 42mm titanium case with a sapphire crystal, a signed crown, and pump barrel pushers. It features a luminous, gloss black dial with an inner tachymeter bezel, applied indices, a matching handset, a triple-register chronograph with cream-colored subdials, and a power reserve indicator at 12:00.

Powered by the industry favorite, automatic Valjoux 7750 movement and paired to a signed, perforated black leather strap with red stitching and a signed titanium pin buckle, it even includes its factory goodies.

Original designs in the contemporary watch world are few and far between. All the more reason to nab this limited edition of just 300 pieces before someone else has the same idea. 

Try it on today!