Jaeger & Benzinger Chronograph Classic Roman

A New Chronograph Collection

It's finally here! 

This new Jaeger & Benzinger Chronograph is a watch that has been highly requested and quietly rumored over the years.  We definitely think it was worth the wait.

This piece is packed with all the features Benzinger fans love: a highly decorated movement, hand guilloched sterling silver dial with Roman numerals, and flame blued Breguet hands complete with two ornate options for the hand guilloched rotor.

The overall design of this watch fits in so perfectly within the rest of the Jaeger & Benzinger lineup that at first you may not even notice it is a chronograph.  Jochen used his traditional styling to create a minimalist but effective chronograph layout with central chronograph seconds and a 30 minute register at 12.  The chronograph pushers are subtle in shape, but simple to operate.

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Traditional German Craftsmanship

This watch is from the team of Jochen Benzinger and Kay Jaeger, two of the most well known purveyors of "hand made" products in Germany.

Based in the small village of Baden-Baden, Germany in the Black Forest, Jaeger & Benzinger are preserving the lost art of making watches largely by hand, rather than relying on automated computer controlled CNC machines.

Using the traditional German watchmaking techniques of hand guilloche, hand engraving and hand skeletonization each Jaeger & Benzinger watch is essentially a unique piece since these techniques will never produce an exact copy.

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The Automatic Chronograph Movement

If you've never seen a movement finished by hand using techniques that date back more than 100 years, you're in for a surprise.

This watch features a stunning hand finished chronograph movement based on the prominent Valjoux 7750 with a power reserve of approximately 45 hours.  Jochen uses perlage, blued screws, and other decorative techniques to complete the movement design, and then moves on to the rotor.

Jochen offers a choice between two unique rotor styles for this piece:

• Standard: hand guilloched full rotor with spiral design, finished in rose gold with a window showing the decorated movement underneath 

• Optional upgrade: skeletonized and hand guilloched with "JB" initials (or your initials) in rose gold contrasting against the white rhodium finish of the rotor

Please reference the section at the bottom of this page for relevant pricing info and additional customization options.

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The Hand Crafted Sterling Silver Dial

With all Jaeger & Benzinger watches, the thing you are likely to notice first is the dial.  Like all other Jaeger & Benzinger watches, the dial of this watch is not machine made or printed. 

Instead, the dial is entirely hand crafted in-house from sterling silver.  The dial, along with the chronograph minutes register at 12, is hand guilloched and engraved on antique and historic rose engines.  The flame blued hands provide a striking contrast to the engraved silver dial and are complemented by black Roman numerals on each hour.

The process of hand guilloche can take hours, and each pattern is essentially unique because of the hand workmanship.  Old world craftsmanship skills are what place Jochen Benzinger among the elite in his profession.

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The 42.6 mm Case

This watch is fitted in a robust 42.6 mm stainless steel case made in Pforzheim, Germany.  The bezel has a polished finish and is similar in shape to a capital "B' when viewed from the side.

The case has sapphire crystal on both the front and back revealing the decorated movement.  Fittingly, the case back is engraved with "UNIKATE" which means "unique" in German.