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Alpha Newman chronograph, Newman-style chronograph, cream dial, black bezel
Newman chronograph, newman-style chronograph, cream dial, black bezel

Alpha Newman chronograph

A homage of the Rolex Cosmograph Daytona

Price not listed yet

Size
39 mm across, 1 mm narrower than the Cosmograph Daytona
Movement
Seagull ST1903, automatic
Look
Keeps 2 of the 5 marks of the Cosmograph Daytona, a close look
Gives it away
No applied hour markers on the dial1 more under “Against the Cosmograph Daytona”
Compare with another homage

Against the Cosmograph Daytona

Rolex Cosmograph Daytona 126500LN40Rolex Cosmograph Daytona 126500LN
Alpha Newman chronograph39Alpha Newman chronograph

Photos use listed case widths and automatic case-edge readings. The readings have not been manually audited. Photo proportions stay unchanged. Perspective and lug length can differ.

39 mm, 1 mm narrower than the Cosmograph Daytona
Rolex Cosmograph Daytona 126500LN photo: 126500LN. Alpha Newman chronograph photo: Newman-style chronograph, cream dial, black bezel.

The Rolex drawn is the 126500LN.

What gives it away

  • 1 mm narrower than the Cosmograph Daytona, 39 mm against 40 mm
  • No applied hour markers on the dial

  • Tachymeter bezel

    Same.

  • Three chronograph registers

    Same.

  • Applied baton markers

    Gives it away. No applied hour markers on the dial

  • Crown and two pushers

    Not compared yet.

  • Three-link bracelet

    Not compared yet.

Rolex left, Newman chronograph right.

Everything else

Every spec5 listed, each with where it came from

Every spec we have

From reviewers. Each figure links to where it was found.

For the Newman chronograph version.

Case width
39 mmmoonwatch.fr, 27 Sep
Thickness
15 mmmoonwatch.fr, 27 Sep
Movement calibre
Seagull ST1903moonwatch.fr, 27 Sep
Case material
Steelmoonwatch.fr, 27 Sep
Bezel
Black tachymeter bezelmoonwatch.fr, 27 Sep
The movementSeagull ST1903, in plain words

The movement, in plain words

Alpha lists the Seagull ST1903 for the Newman chronograph. It is an automatic, so wearing it winds it.

On your wrist39 mm across, 15 mm thick, on a wrist your size

How it sits on your wrist

Set your wrist circumference to compare the 39 mm case with a schematic wrist. The ellipse estimates wrist width and shape. It cannot predict your fit.

17.0 cm6.7 in around

This wrist model is about 56 mm across. The case spans 70% of that estimated width. Lug to lug is unknown, so no lug extent is drawn.

Wrap a strip of paper round your wrist just below the bone, mark where it meets and measure it.

39 mm case Wrist model about 56 mm across
Schematic section, with a 10 mm grid. The ellipse approximates wrist anatomy from circumference. Your wrist shape, lug curve and fit will differ.

How tall it stands

15 39 wide

The side view uses listed dimensions. Case shape and lug curve are schematic.

Lug to lug is not listed yet, so the drawing stops at the case.

Side views to scale against other Rolex Cosmograph Daytona homages.

  1. Farasute 4130 Trackmaster I11.2 mm
  2. Benyar BY-5169M Chronograph12 mm
  3. Dan Henry 1962 Racing Chronograph13.5 mm
  4. OLEVS 665413.6 mm
  5. WMT Montana Black Dial14.23 mm
  6. WMT Montana Daytona Chronograph14.23 mm
  7. Alpha Newman chronograph15 mm
What owners report2 reports on one topic

What owners report

Written reviews. Each covers one watch, so read them as things to check rather than a verdict.

From reviews2 reports

  • Reviewer identifies the tested black dial/ivory subdial configuration as Paul Newman-inspired and reports an acrylic domed crystal, weak lume and a display back revealing a Seagull ST1903.

    Written review on moonwatch.fr, 1 Jun 2020

  • Review describes weak lume and reads the six o’clock register as a 24-hour display.

    Written review on moonwatch.fr, 1 Jun 2020

More from Alpha4 more on Bewrist

Every Alpha watch

Beside other Rolex Cosmograph Daytona homagesThis watch and 5 more of its look, to scale

Drawn to scale by listed case width.

All 14 on the look page

SourcesThe 2 pages this record was built from