New chrono with only small seconds sub-dial ?

I absolutely love Damasco’s central minute chonographs.

The sleek, clean lines with no sub dials on a chrono at all is very impressive.

But it would be nice to have something visibly “running” like a small seconds hand.

2 of the 3 sub-dials on the existing chronos are effectively worthless. Who needs an indicator of day/night when its not even a GMT ? And who times a 12 hr event with an analog chrono ? Besides, half of their watches with sub-dials even have a bezel that could be used to…

New chrono with only small seconds sub-dial ?

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I just joined the forum after an extremely long hiatus. The forum’s front page says “since 2005”, but I’m pretty darn sure it was around in a former version of itself before that.

I learned tons from WUS before my first purchase back in 2002. I had a very distinct list of must have features, and finally couldn’t decide between the perfect sport watch and the perfect dress watch, so I got both !!

My budget wasn’t huge, so no precious metals or hugely popular brands were considered, but I…

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Easiest to read chronograph dial

Searching the site rendered nothing useful, so I’ll ask for recommendations for chronograph dials with the easiest to read minutes.

I had one of the first Kobold chronos and happily wore it for the last 20 years. But then my old eyes could no longer read the typical 3 dial layout of the Valjoux 7750.

I’ve had my eye on a Zenith Chronosport Open lately, but it probably won’t be any better.

Ideas ?

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