Oebra Owner Review : Elegant, light and astonishing

A pleasure today to share with you a recent acquisition after a long search to find the rare bird. I had spotted this beauty in the exceptional collection of a friend... 12 years ago (in 2011). A regular on certain forums, this friend regularly posted this little marvel. I had done some research without ever finding it or "too late" or in a lamentable state. It was finally in Germany that I found one morning in December 2023 this magnificently balanced 1970 chronograph from a small brand: Oebra whose history I am not familiar with, which at the time was one of the houses surfing the wave of manual tricompaxes. A touch of Chrono Heuer, by Enicar Sherpa, with an exceptional movement that equipped some Daytona (Paul Neuman)... An ideal size for my wrist and large for the time: 40 mm in diameter excluding the crown with a beautiful dial opening, a case in antique with scratches from wearing, a Panda dial with a patina that time has improved, the smoothness of the movement, its pushers. "All original" as some like to specify: no traffic on the watch, the hands, the case, the movement, the dial.... No wild polishing to give the impression of coming out of the factory and lose its charm and its history! As I like A bracelet that I had in stock 20/18 for another occasion but which seems to have been designed for her: custom-made from Camille Fournet in Shark with a light black grain lined with waterproof navy calfskin, red thread coordinated with the chrono hand. The incredible condition of this "young granny" from 1970 which displays a precision of +4/-2s per day on the chronocomparator.