Mitch Mason Chronicle

Meeting Benedict Ong

I had the chance of meeting up with Benedict Ong who is building his brand Mitch Mason Watches before this whole Covid-19 situation came crashing down on all of us. We met for lunch and through our meeting, I can sense his attention to details and enthusiasm towards building his first watch.

Mitch Mason Watches

Ben started this project as he is inspired by the military field watches of World War II. Watches that are highly legible, weather proof while remaining simple and classic.

The Chronicle

Jet Black

Steel Blue

Field Grey

Desert Sand

If you realised that the Steel Blue always appear before the rest of the color way on his website that's because blue is Ben's favorite color and mine being black I decided to change that in this short review. Jet Black and Steel Blue colorway are the modern versions of the Chronicle offering that comes with the Mitch Mason logo, while Desert Sand and Field Grey give a vintage vibe with only the Mitch Mason wordings. 

The hour hand is specially designed and it represents a knot. The knot symbolize tying things up together, something that I believe is unique and have a cathedral hour hand feel. 

Ben have put a lot of time and effort towards putting this project together and the size and design cues are pretty cool.

Let's move on to the specs (taken from Mitch Mason website).  

Specifications

Case

Diameter: 36.5mm

Lug to lug: 43.5mm

Thickness: 12mm (excluding crystal +1.5mm)

Lug width: 20mm

Water resistance: 200m

Crown: Screw-down

Caseback: Screw-down with engraved artwork

Material: 316L stainless steel

Crystal: Double domed sapphire with 5 layers of anti-reflective coating on underside.

Movement Calibre: Miyota 9039 (24 jewels)