PAUL PEUGEOT Panda Chronograph cal. Valjoux 7736 / Vintage

— The Paul Peugeot "panda" chronograph —

A Paul Peugeot panda chronograph has arrived.

One of the counter hands is red as a single accent, giving the dial a distinctly sporting design.

Paul Peugeot was the name of a jeweller of the period.

The name has since been acquired in East Asia and is known today as a fashion watch maker.

A red single-point design, made up by a jeweller of the old school. A little-known vintage jewellery piece. Lavishly fitted with the dependable manual-wind Valjoux 7736. A modern, practical chronograph that transcends its period. Real mechanical watch history sleeping behind a present-day brand image.

— The aesthetics of outsourcing, woven by a jeweller —

Just as major brands today assemble watches using ETA movements and various outsourced components, many jewellers of the period assembled watches from bought-in parts and sold them under their own names.

— A dependable beat: Valjoux 7736 —

The movement is the dependable manual-wind Valjoux 7736.

A modern and highly practical chronograph.