I was just checking some watch-sites on the net, when there was a short article about the development of the first automatic chronograph ever. A huge amount of money was invested by several watch companies in Switzerland and till now I always heard about Zenith as the first watchmaker with an automatic chronograph movement. They are still using the name "El Primero" for some of their watches.
However there was a Seiko Patent in early
I read your post and just remembered where that old Pulp Fiction watch was kept in order to hide it from the guards. But I doubt this idea would help you much as you will have slevin... sorry... seven pieces...
As for functionality your result is very similar to the new Romain Jerome watch, which was sold for 300.000 US$ and does not tell the time at all. If you start an auction, you may reach an even higher price than RJ. BTW your result looks very similar to that RJ Day&Night watch too.
I visited the tourbywatches website and I was just wondering whether I saw a Maurice Lacroix movement in a watch? There is the classic collection section and under 18k solid gold there is a watch called Tourby Celestial. It says "Maurice Lacroix" on the movement if I
IMHO this is a great forum... And the reason for this is that it has great members! Although I asked the moderator "By-Tor" a question some days ago and never received an answer... Anyway there are a lot of interesting threads here and I enjoy reading them.