Straton Watch Co. Cuffbuster Sprint Turquoise
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1970'S HOROLOGICAL HISTORY REBORN IN 2023
The Straton Sprint (AKA Cuffbuster) is a vintage inspired watch, designed to have the time always available at a glance.
Some love it, some loathe it - but Straton makes designs that fascinates them, and this is certain to be a piece of horological history that every watch lover should own.
- Case Size -37.5mm x 59mm
- Lug To Lug - 36.5mm
- Case Thickness - 7mm without Crystal, 12mm with
- Lug Width - 20mm
- Case Material - 316L Stainless Steel
- Movement - Modified VK67 Meca-Quartz with running seconds
- Crystal - Sapphire coated and Hardened K1 Crystal with AR coating
- Hands - SuperLuminova Hour/Minute/Second Hands
- Strap - Genuine leather
- Water Resistance - 10ATM
- Screw Down Crown
- Free Worldwide Shipping
- Free Returns & Exchanges
Born in 1972
Back in 1972, the watch brand Desotos had a long range of successful chronograph sports watches. For their next watch, they began to consider the specifics needs of racing drivers and airplane pilots. They knew that they had to have a good way to instantly tell the time, without having to take their hands off the controls to pull up the cuff sitting over their watch dial.
Desotos decides to take a daring design solution: create a chronograph that cannot be covered by the long-sleeved overalls or pilot jacket. This, was the initial birth of a design that would become known as 'the cuffbuster'.
The original had a Valjoux 7734 movement and a case with pushers along the top to facilitate handling. In addition, it had a curious asymmetrical arrangement that allowed it to sit partially on the back of the hand, preventing it from being covered by the user's sleeve, therefore allowing for perfect timekeeping at a glance.
OUR TWIST ON A RENOWNED CLASSIC
Inspired by the original Desotos Cuffbuster, and with a love for all things vintage & automotive themed, we knew that the Sprint had to be our next watch.
Keeping the vintage look and feel of the original design, we added some modern twists, along with adding 6 dial variants, all whilst keeping the price accessible - making this classic piece of horological history available to everyone.
UNIQUE DETAILS
The Cuffbuster is one of those designs that you've just never seen before.
With that, it has some very unique details...
You'll notice that for comfort and ease of time setting, the crown and 2 chronograph buttons are located on the top of the dial, making it incredibly easy to reset the movement, or adjust the time. This also allows the Cuffbuster to be incredibly comfortable - some worry about it being uncomfortable on the back of the hand - but with the design adjustments that we've made, it simply isn't!
