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Strap or bracelet?
I advise collectors to always purchase a watch with a bracelet if available. The reason for this is simple: when you have the bracelet, you can much more easily get a strap and buckle for it than the other way around. With the Klepcys, the titanium bracelet is very well constructed, with a fine finish that makes it comfortable to wear.
There is no reason to choose for the strap, but yet there is. The titanium bracelet tones down the watch’s overall look, as the case and the bracelet seem to be one. With the strap, you can play with color, as Cyrus does with a bright orange one made from Cordura fabric. This makes the colored elements on the dial and inside the movement look more prominent and, dare I say, even a tad more sportive.
So even when you opt for the titanium bracelet, I would still get the strap as well. While this one looks great in orange, I feel that the Klepcys will look equally well with a strap in the same color green as used on the dial and in the movement, and I am sure that Cyrus can accommodate you.
If you want something a bit more understated, I think that a black strap of carbon imprinted calfskin with double stitching of orange and green would also look very nice.
While exotic, the Klepsys Dice Saffron Double Chronograph is, most of all, very wearable, and its complication is a lot of fun. You will simply go look for excuses to use it. It was also designed to be an everyday watch, as it is easy to live with, as it wears comfortable, and blends in as much as it stands out. It has a character but not one that overpowers, more one that intrigues.
It is even water resistant up to 100 meters, so it can pretty much handle anything you throw at it.
It is also a watch that comes with very little competition. MB&F’s Legacy Sequential EVO Chronograph comes the closest, although more complex, hence a more crowded dial side, much more pushers, and a much higher price. You can roughly buy four Klepsys Dice Saffron Double Chronographs for one of the MB&Fs. While customers at this end of the market might not think like that, it highlights Cyrus’s unique proposition more.
For more information, please visit https://cyrus-watches.ch/collections/klepcys-Dice-Saffron
Quick Facts Cyrus Dice Saffron Double Chronograph
Case: 42 x 16.5 mm, Grade 5 titanium,
Movement: Automatic caliber CYR718 with two independent chronographs with column wheel, 4 Hz/28,800 vph frequency, 60-hour power reserve
Functions: hours, minutes, double independent monopusher chronographs
Price: €42,500 on a titanium bracelet, €40,850 on Cordura strap
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Credits: Article and images by Martin Green @ Quill & Pad. See the original article here - https://quillandpad.com/2024/03/04/cyrus-klepsys-dice-saffron-double-chronograph-colorful-and-more-useful-than-a-rattrapante-chrono/