We’ll be damned if the 1970s didn’t produce some of the funkiest watch designs of any time in history.
From colorful divers to bullhead chronographs, from complicated masterworks to oddball dress watches, the ‘70s was by far the grooviest horological decade of them all. Sandoz, a company that took numerous forms as its founder, Henri Frédéric Sandoz, merged his business with the Schwob family, was no stranger to these extra-funky trends, as is evidenced by the Monsoon that we’re happy to offer here. While it’s not quite a dive watch, it’s also not quite…anything else that’s readily categorizable. It’s just cool as hell!
Housed in a 39.5mm stainless steel cushion case with dual crowns, an acrylic crystal, and a stainless steel bezel, it features a bright orange dial with striking applied steel indices, a matching handset with orange striping, a black rehaut with a printed minute track and a recessed month indicator at 12:00, and a day-date indicator at 3:00.
Powered by a 25-jewel automatic movement and paired to a stainless steel flat-link bracelet with a removable extension and a signed blade clasp, the Monsoon is simply a tremendously cool everyday watch that screams confidence and joie de vivre.
Watches such as this one are fun and wonderful timepieces, and there's no telling if and when one of these in any condition, let alone excellent condition such as this example, will surface again.
So don't wait!