Cheaper than the Metric, and it's got a date
By Dave Kowalski, Chicago ยท
So the Retrograph is Brew's other chrono, and honestly it's the one I'd pick between the two. $375 instead of $475, 38 mm instead of 36, and you get a date. Same meca-quartz idea, Seiko VK movement, sapphire, 50 m.
Cushion case, cobalt blue dial, leather strap, 10.4 mm thin. That's a good-looking watch.
The only thing that bugs me: 22 mm lugs on a 38 mm cushion case. That's wide. It'll make it wear bigger than it is, and the leather strap that comes on it is kind of basic. Get a nicer strap, or put it on a bracelet if you can find one that fits.