Graham Chronofighter Trigger Tourbillograph

Graham-London, the brand that -together with Arnold and Son- belongs to the Swiss-owned The British Masters SA group has revealed the new member of its Chronofighter collection.

Called the Chronofighter Trigger Tourbillograph, the model features the trademark trigger button on the left side of the case, a transparent tourbillon and, of course, a chronograph — the now-omnipresent complication that was originally created by George Graham in the beginning of XVIII century.

I don’t really like when fine watches get their push-pieces stylized as gas pedals, safety control levers and, most of all, triggers. Well, I equally hate the canteen-style military watches. Yet, I understand that in today’s world, when even the expensive timepieces are sometimes produced in hundreds of thousands of units, the young brands are desperate to learn their own design language, even if it sounds like a Barbaric gibberish.

Unfortunately, the new Graham Chronofighter Trigger Tourbillograph watch belongs to the latter group. Its trigger-shaped foudroyante chronograph push-piece looks almost as appropriate in a luxury tourbillon watch as a king size waterbed in a church. The design is so ‘bold’ that it actually ruins the otherwise beautiful timepiece

This is especially lamentable considering the fact that the Tourbillograph comes equipped with a new movement with an eccentric tourbillon complication developed and manufactured by La Joux-Perret.

As far as I understand, Graham will try to sell the watch for some €100,000. It would have been a more than reasonable price for a tourbillon watch packed in a massive rose gold case if not that damned “trigger”.

Graham Chronofighter Trigger Tourbillograph watch’s specification:

Price range: €100,000
Movement: La Joux-Perret
Complications: Chronograph, tourbillon
Power reserve: N/A
Case material: 18k rose gold
Case dimensions: N/A
Case height: N/A
Dial: Brown
Water resistance: N/A
Strap: Brown leather
Crystal: Sapphire