Paul Maillardet Late 1950s Landeron 149 Chronograph

I added this Paul Maillardet to my collection because it manages to be a chronograph without looking busy. What grabs me every time is how clean and elegant the dial is: two balanced registers, nicely shaped applied numerals and markers, and just enough scale printing to remind you that it is a real instrument without turning it into clutter. It has the sort of visual restraint that a lot of vintage chronographs never quite achieve.