The new issue of Chrono World - The World of the Watch presents itself with a revamped cover and new content. Many changes compared to the past, on this issue that marks the debut of the new editor. For a preview of the editorial line and the topics you will find on the pages of the magazine, we publish below the editorial by Simonetta Suzzi.
Chrono World - The World of the Watch is on newsstands at EUR 4.50.
Indispensable temptations
"I am a girl who resists everything, but not temptation'.
When Renato Giussani proposed me to take the reins of Chrono World, I felt a bit like the unhinged protagonist of an amusing film I saw several years ago called 'Madmen in Alabama' (I don't know how many people remember it...), which borrows a famous phrase from the great Oscar Wilde.
Mind you, this is not because I consider myself to be a 'nutcase' or because I feel that at least a touch of madness is necessary to embark on this new experience, but because the editorship of a magazine such as this, for me, who have been writing about watches for so many years, represents a wonderful temptation, to which I could hardly have resist.
Apart from the panic of being able to sustain the precious legacy left to me by Maurizio Favot, the father of Chrono World, who since 1994 has brought it to be what you all read and appreciate today, the opportunity to undertake this new experience by putting my own personal imprint on it and perhaps even a new point of view was truly indispensable. So, the first question I asked myself was: how to further feed your 'watchmaking fever'?
First of all, leafing through this first issue of Chrono World, you will find a series of columns aimed at delving into some of the most popular topics among enthusiasts. Among these is certainly the world of Rolex modelling, for many a true love, and for almost everyone a watch symbol par excellence. The pages dedicated to Rolexmania go every issue to probe curiosities and news from the choir houseborn. To begin with, an excursus sn a number of historical specimens, in particular the various types of cases (Oyster or snap-on) used in 1930s and 1940s chronographs, but from the next issue we promise to go into the more contemporary specimens. A sort of small buyer's guide we offer you with insights into the best Best Buy currently on the market, together with a vademecum to guide you in the best way possible in the knowledge and correct use of your watches - starting with glass maintenance.
With the heading Take a turn we make a foray into glamour by discovering 'famous wrists' in the cinema or on TV. Finally, we will punctually introduce you to those brands that have made independence one of their strong points to spread and cultivate beautiful mechanics: to open the dances of the New Entry is the DualTow NightEagle by Christophe Claret.
These are the first absolute novelties you will find in my debut issue. For the next ones we are already working on interesting developments. It only remains for me to invite you to discover them "soon on these screens"...
Simonetta Suzzi
