Chronofighter Oversize Referee

For the fourth consecutive year, GRAHAM is the Official Timekeeper of the 2012 RBS 6 Nations Championship. A long term partnership with this prestigious rugby Championship involving 6 of the best northern hemisphere rugby nations.   

Highly sophisticated and old school the RBS 6 Nations’ Championship is a noble competition which has survived to modern times. It meets GRAHAM values of valiance and passion which  give life to our timepieces.   

As Official Timekeeper of the Championship, GRAHAM provides all RBS 6 Nations match referees with dedicated GRAHAM chronographs to assist them in performing their match duties in the most accurate manner possible.   

The Chronofighter Oversize Referee is all about RBS 6 Nations. Indeed it was developed to reflect the RBS 6 Nations Championship. The 6 squads’ colours are featured in the second counter at 3 o’clock. The official logo is also on the case back.  

The Chronofighter Oversize Referee was conceived based on the needs of the referees. As the watch is worn by referees in all the matches, GRAHAM developed a specific titanium light-weight case with rubber coated parts. The watch is light to wear and safe. They asked for readability. GRAHAM opted for a white dial to emphasise the 30 double-graduated minutes counter at 6 o’clock. The watch is powered by a modified Valgrange movement that displays 3 counters. The  minute counter shows an internal 40 minutes graduation which accurately times the halves of each match. The referees can control the match time and let all the actions take place. To operate the watch smoothly, GRAHAM used the left drive lever mechanism, which is unique to the brand. It is so intuitive to use that you don’t even need to look at it. Start. Stop. The chronograph is right  there under the full control of your thumb.   

This year the watch comes with a blue hypoallergenic strap. That’s British elegance, even on the field. In the end, the model combines precision, readability and advanced material to be up to its Championship reputation.    

We are now looking forward to seeing the first seconds of the game run on the dial of the specially designed Chronofighter Oversize Referee. 

Let’s kick off the 2012 RBS 6 Nations Championship!        

GRAHAM traces its origins to London clockmaker George Graham (1673-1751) who is responsible for many innovations in timekeeping. He invented the chronograph, the dead-beat  cylinder escapement, the mercury pendulum to compensate for temperature differences. He also built the master clock for Greenwich Royal Observatory which defined time for most of the 18th  century. GRAHAM was resurrected in 1995 and is today a privately owned Anglo-Swiss watch  company which designs and builds its own watches in its La Chaux-de-Fonds production facilities in Switzerland.