http://www.lorologiese.com/us/brand...calatrava-style-steel-watch-cal-26-5-sob.html Please note that I have no affiliation with the seller, and am not recommending the watch. I am simply showing solidarity with the Longines aficionados in their fight against oppression for the use of certain descriptive terms. Oppressors should note the relevance of the caliber on this example.
Actually, you have missed an essential point with this example. The seller uses a qualification – "Calatrava-Style", which renders the use perfectly OK with us pedants.
Beautiful watch, but actually, this one's almost a stretch. Would not have occurred to me to call it that. (Notice how I avoid the word ?) "Calatrava-style" actually does fit the bill...
The only problem with this watch is that it is both too beautiful and too expensive. PS- thanks for the love -- much comforting.
Are ALL PP Calatravas larger than 32mm? (Be careful what you say, this conversation may be monitored and recorded for quality purposes).
I think they start at around 34mm and current versions run 37mm and up. They are also taller (top to bottom) than that Omega. Men's watches were surprisingly small in the 1930's. That was the style. 28mm round watches were not unusual then. Not a Calatrava. gatorcpa
FYI the classic PP Calatrava which is considered to be the archaic first type which got the name Calatrava was a men´s watch with a diameter of 30.5 mm only. (there have even been similar Calatrava models with 28 mm only!) Then there were the Calatravas with screw down back at around 32 mm - still very sought after waterproof models. And finally there is the so called large Calatrava at 35 mm which resembles all the beautiful lines and proportions of the "archaic" one but is more suitable for todays market and accordingly priced. These are the Calatravas "sensu stricti" For marketing purposes PP actually calls all round (modern) models "Calatrava"
