I was initially excited to come across this Movado Cronoplan. They’re neat, curious watches with two rotating bezels—an inner one for tracking hours, and an outer one for minutes. I’ve liked them abstractly for a long while, and while their technology seems a bit much to me, it’s actually fairly elegant (or, anyway, no less elegant than a subdial at 3 and another at 6 to do the same thing).
But that particular Cronoplan is a redial. Boo. It’s not a bad looking redial, but still.
However, the good folks at The Time Curator have saved the day by offering this very nice example. It looks used and aged in ways that should make any potential buyer feel confident it hasn’t been too dolled up. The case has dings, the dial’s got a few spots—it looks like what it is, is what I’m trying to say, and that’s a good thing.
Given that vintage Cronoplans came out nearly a century ago, you won’t be surprised that they’re only 34mm, with a dial that’s fairly shrunken indeed, given the double-bezel surrounding it. But you’re not buying this watch to go millimeter-for-millimeter with a Panerai. And in all honesty, you’re more than likely not buying it to see what it would’ve felt like, way before you were born, to wear a watch made for timing things. You’re buying it, Baller, for the same reason we all buy watches (worn on wrists or elsewhere): to see if it’s the missing piece that’ll help us Become Ourselves (or maybe that’s just me). The Cronoplan is available for €14,000.
Weston Cutter
2026-05-15 15:00:00