Posted the 15th day of October in 2010 by TheHobbit.
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The Bongo Chronograph is from the Lancaster Watch Company. The Lancaster Watch Company was founded in 1992, and went international in 1995. The watches are made for Lancaster by four Swiss watch manufacturers. The watch, reference 0548BKNRAR is a large watch. This model offers the following functionality: hours, minutes, seconds, date (4:30 o'clock) and chronograph.
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The watch is available in IP Black coating, stainless steel or gold (coating?). The watch comes in at 45 mm in diameter and is 11.5 mm thick. The lug width is 22 mm. The watch is fitted with a mineral crystal. All Bongos are issued with a rubber strap.
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The Bongo Chronograph is powered by a Miyota calibre OS20, which is a quartz movement. It has a water resistance rating of 10 ATM. The watch will retail for about $490 USD.
A unique aspect of the watch is the raised Arabic hour index at the 12, 3 and 9 o'clock position. It is very thick. The hour index and the hands are luminous. The watch is available in a number of colors for the markers, e.g. orange, red and blue.
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To digress, IP Coating stands for ion-plating coating. It is similar to PVD, Physical Vapour Deposition. It is the basic form of coating the case of a watch. Other methods include CVD, Chemical Vapour Deposition and DLC (some say the best) Diamond-like Coating.
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