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Service number, rank and full name if you don't mind! You are about to initiate the Black Arrow mission. Dressed to sophistication with a tasteful blend of military camouflage, this is the triumphant story of the military inspired Chronofighter Oversize Black Arrow collection. The black PVD chronograph series features a plain carbon trigger and a telemeter function to remain in the vanguard in the fight for innovation.

GRAHAM CHRONOFIGHTER OVERSIZE BLACK ARROW

Valliant troops

Dedicated to action and courage, the Chronofighter Oversize Black Arrow watches, present distinctive military style fatigues on a silkscreen printed dial. Each dial is engraved with a unique identification number on the seconds counter, based on regimental numbers.

The start and stop lever on the left of the case, a renowned GRAHAM signature, is made of plain carbon material and results from a very specific machining process. This means that the lever is a unique piece of carbon which provides the watch with more stiffness and enhanced usability.

To brave the elements, each watch is endowed with a calculated telemeter scale. It allows for the measurement of distances thanks to the speed of sound by starting the chronograph when a visible event occurs (e.g. lightning, explosion) and stopping it when the sound reaches the observer (e.g. thunder, deflagration). As the temperature influences the speed of sound, our engineers have based their calculations on 25°C, the average temperature on Earth. The distance in miles can be measured on the dial thanks to the scale rim (346 m/s).

Toughness and dexterity are the master words of the Chronofighter Oversize Black Arrow. Enhanced with a black ceramic bezel, it ensures an undeniable shimmer and self-assurance to this eye-catching series.

GRAHAM, in its righteous passion for advanced materials and taste in style pays tribute to human endeavor and absolute technological innovation.

Main features also include:

47 mm steel with black PVD case, calibre G1747 automatic chronograph, telemeter (Celsius /km) (available with Fahrenheit/miles), date at 8 o'clock, 25 jewels, 28'800 A/h (4Hz), Incabloc shock absorber, 48 hours power reserve, camouflage painted dial (silkscreen printing) with identification number, black carbon fast-action start/stop trigger, sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating on both faces, black PVD crystal case back, coloured rubber strap with "Clous de Paris".

GRAHAM traces its origins to London clockmaker George Graham (1673-1751) who is considered as the father of modern watch making. He is known as the father of the chronograph as he invented the start and stop device of the chronograph, the dead-beat and cylinder escapement, the mercury pendulum to compensate the influence of temperature on pendulums, to name a few. He also built the master clock for Greenwich Royal Observatory which timed most of the 18th century and lots of science instruments for astronomers and physicists. GRAHAM was revived in 1995 and is today a privately owned Swiss watch company. GRAHAM SA creates and manufactures its watches in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland.

Technical Details

Function Chronograph (seconds, 30 minutes counter). Date at 8 o'clock

Hours, minutes, seconds

Calibre Calibre G1747, automatic chronograph, 28'800 A/h (4Hz), Incabloc shock absorber

25 jewels

Power reserve : 48 hours

Case 47 mm steel with black PVD case

Black carbon left hand fast-action start/stop trigger and black rubber reset pusher

Black ceramic bezel

Domed sapphire crystal, anti-reflective coating on both faces

Smoked sapphire crystal case back

Water resistance

330 feet / 100 m / 10 bar

Dial Green camouflage painted dial with black snailed minutes, seconds counters and numerals

Identification number on seconds counter based on regimental number

Black Super-LumiNova hands, green chrono and minutes counter hands

Telemeter scale (calculated 77°F and miles)

Strap Green rubber strap with "Clous de Paris"

Black ceramic pin buckle