: I completely and utterly agree Rich. I have watches with it in
: steel, 18k gold and gold plate and with automatic, manual and
: quartz movements. How versatile is that?!

: Here's a post I wrote in "defence" of it a while back,
: that ended up being something of a eulogy!:

: One man's poison... :)

: I really like this case. The original Carrera case is beautifully
: simple, the results of decades of evolution, but maybe not ideal
: for an automatic movement - note the changes required to the
: case between the Lemania re-edition and the ETA automatic when
: TH relaunched the Carrera. I think in part there was also a
: desire to break from that evolutionary tradition for the first
: automatics, so we got an all new case for the Chronomatic.

: For me, the case has become something of a classic in its own right
: - it was relatively long-lived from the '69 Chronomatics to the
: Carrera twins of the early 80s and outlasted the mid-70s Carrera
: case with the covered lugs. Unlike the latter, it's not so much
: a thing of its time - although that gives the chunky covered lug
: version a 70s retro appeal of its own!

: It housed Calibres 11, 12 and 15 and 2 ESA quartz movements. It
: looked good with a strap or a GF bracelet. It worked well in
: steel, gold, PVD and (for those who like that sort of thing)
: even in chrome!

: The defence for the Carrera Chronomatic case rests its case :)

: This is one of the things that is so fascinating about collecting
: watches, there really is something to appeal to everyone.
: