Armand Nicolet 9144A-AG-M9140

Courtesy of Armand Nicolet, the 9144A-AG-M9140 is an elegant men’s luxury watch presented in polished stainless steel on stainless steel bracelet. The Swiss automatic watch is a part of the brand M02 collection, Chronograph Automatic series. It is a versatile wrist accessory that looks seamlessly gorgeous to be worn regardless day or night, with casual attires, at work, or even for special occasion.


The mid size wristwatch has a solid 43 millimeters stainless round case (14 mm thick) with a fixed bezel and screw down crown, all finished in high polish. The caseback is see-thru, featuring a rounded sapphire display that showcases the movement inside. Furthermore, the watch’s 21 millimeters wide polished stainless steel five-rows link bracelet comes equipped with fold-over clasp that features safety flap for convenient and secure fitting. And, backing up its sporty flavored looks with some degree of practicality, its whole construction is 100 m water resistant.

Ensuring readability, Armand Nicolet M02 Chronograph Automatic 9144A-AG-M9140 watch comes with a bright, guilloche decorated White dial that is shielded with a scratch resistant Sapphire glass that features anti-reflective coating. It has a neat layout, and comes with Blued-steel hands, in which, both the hour and minutes hands are filled with SuperLuminova so that they would remain visible in every light conditions. More on the dial are applique silver-tone faceted stick hour markers with luminescent dot over, printed reference markers around the outer rim in Black, and a handy tachymeter scale around its inner bezel.

For a precise and reliable timekeeping, this mid-end luxury watch is fitted with the Calibre AN 2045/2824-2. It is a self-winding three hands movement with chronograph complication that is personalized by Armand Nicolet based on the ETA 2824-2, and 2045 chronograph module. This high frequency beating 49-jewels movement is not only accurate, but also fairly rugged as well thanks to the shock-resistance mechanism within. Caliber AN 2045/2824-2 TND/TNK has a single barrel, in which, under full wind, it provides around 40 hours of power reserve.

For all of its quality offerings, this gent’s steel on steel White dial 43mm Armand Nicolet 9144A-AG-M9140 is offered at a reasonable original manufacturer suggested retail price of $6,500.00, speaking of which, for this time being, you can expect that it already goes for less than its MSRP in the market.

Note:
This review is last updated at Sep, 2013, with some correction/added information on the movement and dial’s explanatory.

Watch Specification

Brand:	Armand Nicolet
Collection:	M02
Series:	Chronograph Automatic
Model number:	9144A-AG-M9140 Style: 9144A. also referred as 9144AAGM9140
Watch style:	Gent, Casual Dress, Elegant
Display type:	Analog
Movement:	Swiss automatic Caliber AN 2045/2824-2 TND/TNK. Personalized and modified by Armand Nicolet based on the calibre ETA 2824-2, and an added chronograph module. Swiss made, mechanical self-winding automatic movement. Specs Function: Two hands w/ small seconds, Chronograph w/ central sweep seconds. Size: 11½‴ lignes (Ø 25.6 mm). 49 jewels. beats at 28,800 vph (4 Hz). provides ± 40 hours of power reserve.
Functions:	Hour, Minute, Seconds, Chronograph its chronograph features central sweep seconds and 45 minute register.
Dial:	White guilloché decorated white dial. Blued-steel hands with SuperLuminova. Applique, faceted steel stick hour markers w/ luminous dots over. printed reference markers around the periphery in Black. Tachymeter scale on the flange.
Window:	Sapphire Crystal scratch resistant, anti reflective coated.
Case:	Stainless steel 316L Round, Ø 43mm, ± 14mm thick. polished, mirror-finish.
Bezel:	Stainless steel 316L Stationary bezel. polished. with tachymeter scale in the inner bezel.
Caseback:	See-thru stainless steel with sapphire display. decorated, engraved.
Crown:	Screw down crown stainless steel. fluted, logoed.
Bracelet:	Stainless steel 316L Silver-tone, five-rows polished steel link bracelet, adjustable. ± 21 mm wide, ± 8 inches long.
Clasp:	Fold-over clasp with safety flap
Notable Features:	Chronograph Luminescent hands and markers Transparent exhibition caseback Tachymeter scale
Water resistant:	100 m (10 ATM / 330 feet) suitable for rain, showering, swimming and shallow snorkeling.
Additional info:	-