INVICTA Vintage Chronograph cal. Valjoux 7733 / 1960s Two-Register

Invicta: the face it has now, and the beat it once had.

Today Invicta carries a strong impression as a fashion watch.

Bold forms, vivid colours.

It is known as decoration for a modern wrist.

But what the name really has to say lies in a quieter memory.

A playful expression, and the space within a poppy face.

A dial with a playfulness of colour and layout you will not find on a modern watch.

That poppy expression takes the eye, and the air of the 1960s seeps softly through the form.

A manual mechanism with a gap to it: Cal. Valjoux 7733.

The movement is Valjoux's Cal.7733.

A manual-wind two-register chronograph calibre produced from 1966 to 1973.

As an alternative to the expensive column-wheel type, it was the movement that brought the chronograph within ordinary reach.

Choosing this is itself a form of character, and the appeal lies in what goes unspoken.

From the moment it is on the wrist, the gap between playfulness and engineering begins to speak of the depth of time.

For anyone after exactly that feeling, this is the right choice.

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