Eberhard & Co. Extra-Fort 14801

Eberhard Extra-Fort Chronograph 14801 18k YG

Commanding a rich horological history, Eberhard are famed for their work from the 20th century across a whole host of wristwatches, but it is the chronograph that earned the brand their stripes, with their mid-century chronographs boasting impressive finishing and being powered by technologically astute movements, much like the Extra-Fort ref. 14801 that we have here. Powered by the manual-wind cal. 310-8, which is the same movement as found in the Contodat, another well-known chronograph from the brand, the ref. 14801 is an 18kt yellow gold chronograph that boasts the brand’s distinctive aesthetic influence, mainly shown through its long lugs. Featuring a thin bezel and a bright white dial with some pops of blue and red thanks to its tachymeter scale, the ref. 14801 is decidedly mid-century in its design, but modernised on the wrist thanks to its long lugs and combination of a bright dial with a thin bezel that make it wear larger than its 36mm diameter suggests.