FUGUE Chronostase Automatic Watch Review

In a world where watches are equal parts technical and emotional purchases, I often find it hard to settle on watches to add to my collection that aren’t exactly grails – meaning watches that stick with me after I initially find them cool or unique Maybe it’s the nature of the beast, and the sheer amount of watches I get to see and evaluate as a blogger in the industry But, I often see watches that I find technically interesting that rarely circle back to the point where I consider actually owning them.

That wasn’t the case with the FUGUE Chronostase Automatic, a watch I was both immediately intrigued by, excited about, and unable to shake. Let’s start with what the watch is, and why it was so appealing to me French microbrand FUGUE’s (pronounced “Fyg” and meaning “Escape” in French) main gig with its freshman release is that it’s literally . Source