Eberhard & Co. Chrono4 BADBOY Automatic Chronograph

In the beginning of this year the Swiss watch maker has extended its Eberhard & Co. Chrono4 line of automatic chronographs with a sportier Chrono4 BADBOY model.

The new Eberhard & Co. Chrono4 BADBOY automatic chronograph watch is not precisely a revolution in the world of watch making. Those keeping a watchful eye at the Swiss manufacture have already seen the same “inline-four” dial layout in a number of other Eberhard Chrono 4 models that are powered by the same EB250 automatic caliber.

Based on ETA 2894 ebauche, the movement allows for an extra chronograph totalizer. Besides the usual 60-second, 30-minute and 12-hour subdials, there is also a 24-hour counter.

Although not of any practical use, the modification provides the watch with a refreshingly cool look, especially if you are fed up with the traditional tri-compax chronograph layout.

To provide enough real estate for all the four counters, Ebarhard had to increase the watch’s size to gargantuan 46 millimeters in diameter. Equipped with generously proportionate lugs and massive winding crown, the Chrono 4 BADBOY indeed makes an impression.

My main complain here is that the timekeeper doesn’t look like a watch that costs close to $10,000. The watch looks so industrial, so machine-made, so, err, Japanese, that, at a first glance, you expect the price to hover around $300 or $500 tops.

And judging by the fact that one of web-based shops offers the BADBOY with a free Wenger Commando watch and an “exclusive” watch winder, there is a great number of consumers also shocked by the watch’s real price.

Photos: Eberhard & Co

Eberhard & Co. Chrono4 BADBOY automatic chronograph watch specification:

Price range: $10,000
Movement: EB250, ETA 2894, automatic, 56 jewels, diameter 28.2 mm, 28,800 vph
Complications: Chronograph with a 24-hour counter, date
Power reserve: N/A
Case material: Stainless steel
Bezel material: Stainless steel
Bezel shape: Round
Case size: 46 mm
Case height: 14.1 mm
Dial: Black or White
Numerals: Arabic
Hands: Steel
Water resistance: 200 m
Strap: Black rubber strap, 22 mm
Crystal: Sapphire
Case back: Solid stainless steel