A brilliant study in subtle contrasts of surface and colour. The steel link bracelet of this elegant SWATCH Irony Chrono Retrograde features a highly polished central column framed by brushed steel borders and end-pieces. The silver polished steel case has an unmarked polished steel bezel that frames a polished metal flange with a black minute ring on the upper half and a finely-graded decimal ring on the lower half. The white dial with its lightly embossed sunrise design at the centre is dominated by its retrograde counters and petite seconde subdial: the 5-minute arc at 2 o’clock, 60-minute arc at 10 o’clock... 
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