Unboxing & Review: Comet Chrono Sports Watch

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a vertical bi-compax setup with tachymeter and telemeter

Jan 20, 2020

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This is a special unboxing and review of a true one of one watch for me. How is this so? Well, you gotta watch the video to find out. I think you'll enjoy the story. And the watch.


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[h=2]LIFE, WATCHES AND OTHER COOL STUFF[/h]
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[h=1]Comet Chronograph: Vintage pop blazes toward Kickstarter[/h]
by SHANE SNIDER
The way Bhavin Patel tells the story, his upcoming Kickstarter campaign for the Comet Chronograph was born when a 1940s Pierce Chronograph caught his eye on eBay. The quirky appearance instantly stood out to Patel – a vertical bi-compax setup with tachymeter and telemeter, along with conspicuously placed text that flies in the face of modern watch design standards.

Patel, a fan of vintage watch revivalist Dan Henry, saw potential for a myriad of combinations. The Detroit-based artist began designing a fantasy watch based on the Pierce and other similar chronograph designs from the 1940s and 50s. His Instagram account started filling up with interesting dial combinations he designed. It was the Intagram account that initially caught my eye – the color combinations were just so intriguing and there were dozens posted. With a new combination coming seemingly every other day.

To achieve the correct bicompax setup, Patel settled on the Miyota 6S11, a quartz chronograph movement featuring a sweeping chronograph seconds. To the uninitiated, the sweep looks like a low-beat automatic. Still, Patel braced for backlash from the mechanical purist community and has enthusiastically defended his choices in various online watch groups.

For the campaign, Patel settled on 10 dial combinations. The one we’ll be looking at today is silver with a green tachymeter area, and teal subdials.

The Dial:
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Make no mistake, this watch is all about the dial. At 41.5mm, the timepiece wears large because of the absence of a bezel but becomes the perfect palette for Patel’s multi-colored vision. Beautiful retro fonts achieve their nostalgia-inducing function. While there’s a familiarity and sense of period achieved with aesthetics, the color combination adds a bit of pop art flair to the piece. It’s truly unlike anything currently on the market. (Note: a link to a newsletter signup showing all the color combinations will be found at the bottom of this review).

The Comet logo itself is very reminiscent of 50s logo art – fitting perfectly with the space-age era of design. Lume junkies should temper their excitement. The dial numerals are not lumed and the application on the hands could be described as weak but adequate. But this is not a sport watch requiring blazing luminosity. I would like to see the lume color match up a bit better with the numeral color. And using lume for those numerals would certainly be a plus. Patel says he’ll remain open to suggestions and ideas that may impact the campaign. So, there’s hope for the lume addicts yet.

The Case:
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I agree Gregg. I like the design. Even if it's a quartz I wold buy one at a reasonable price. I've seen far worse make the KS cut. This one is a good looking watch.
 
Really like all the dial work and color choices. I'd buy one at my price point I want even though it's a quartz it's still agood looking watch.
 
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