Prince Oysterdate Big Block Exotic

A dial variation of reference 9430/0, sometimes called “Exotic” by collectors, who considered it an alternative to the main black and white versions because it was little illustrated in the catalogue, owed much to its 7000 and 7100 series predecessors.

With an inspired colour combination, a minute track whose divisions evoked a casino roulette wheel, and an orange seconds hand similar to those on the first series, the chronograph presented here and produced in 1978 combined the spirit of the brand’s chronographic beginnings with contemporary technology, thanks to the Valjoux 7750 self-winding movement introduced two years earlier.

The dial did not bear the inscription “OYSTERDATE”, but the indication “AUTOMATIC CHRONO TIME” curving around the hour counter located at 6 o’clock.