Mido Multifort Escape Watch Review

Mido Multifort Escape Watch Review

Mido Multifort Escape Watch Review

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Mido Multifort Escape Watch Review

The Multifort Escape may be the latest accessory for the road. It's a stylish, slightly vintage-inspired, rugged watch created for outside use. Its situation is really a well-proportioned, classic design having a large conical fluted crown. It's presented in stainless by having an aged and sandblasted PVD treatment creating a fascinating patina. The skinny, sloped bezel frames a azure glass that's slightly domed and includes double-sided anti-reflective coating. At 44mm across, it wears its size extremely well because of its short lugs. It's rated water-resistant to 10 ATM / 100m. It's all the characteristics of the good-old sports watch…

The dial provides extensive graphic clearness featuring vertical Geneva stripes

Developing a subtle play of sunshine. The luminescent Arabic numerals are combined with luminescent hands for enhanced legibility at nighttime. The orange information on the ‘flinqué’ chapter ring really are a nice touch along with a nod to Mido’s corporate colour. The date is proven at 6 o’clock in a tiny window just below the model’s name due to the relatively small size the movement.

The Multifort Escape is operated by the Mido calibre 80 - an ETA C07.611 that is a form of the ever-present and reliable ETA 2824.2, having a beefed up 80-hour power reserve - it was achieved thanks particularly to some frequency reduced to 21,600 vibrations each hour and modified kinetic chain. Its balance doesn't have regulator (it's adjusted once for those during production because of computers) but controlling weights rather. It shows hrs, minutes, seconds and also the date, featuring an end seconds mechanism.

The movement is proven with the exhibition caseback featuring a clear

Mido Multifort Escape Watch Review

Industrial finish with Geneva stripes around the rotor. With this particular movement, Piece of fabric Group was indeed a precursor in proposing lengthy power reserve for entry/mid-range (versus. the conventional 40h autonomy). It is also present in other brands from the group including Tissot or Hamilton.

The Mido Multifort Escape is worn on the straight-cut leather strap having a discrete off-white-colored stitching and guaranteed having a PVD-steel pin buckle.