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"FacebookPinterest\n\nWhen thinking about Swiss watches, two types come to mind: high-end mechanical beauties, and budget-friendly quartz numbers. Fromanteel does a little gap work between the two, making quartz watches that offer many of the same benefits of a wallet-punishing \"timepiece,\" yet remain affordable.\n\nRight now they offer simple minutes-seconds-date options, a few chronographs, and even a world-time model. My personal favorite though is the Johannes chronograph, named after the oldest son of the company's namesake, Ahasuerus Fromanteel, a famed Dutch clockmaker from the 17th century (Fromanteels are made in Switzerland, but the brand is based in Amsterdam). \n\nWhat I love about the Johannes is how much functionality is stuffed into a clean, modern package. The watch doesn't look cluttered like so many chronographs, but still has a date window, luminous hands and 2, 6, and 10 o'clock markers, a seconds sub-register, and both minutes and 1/10 seconds chronograph sub-registers. Yes, 1/10 seconds - the quartz movement allows the chronograph to be blindingly accurate.\n\nThe 42.5mm case, even with its lack of bezel, wears smaller than you would think. Again, quartz keeps the watch thin and streamlined, making it refined enough for the office, and sporty enough for weekends away. The Johannes is limited to 1638 pieces in each color, to commemorate the year Johannes Fromanteel was born, so don't snooze on this one.\n\nStarts at 339 Euro, available here."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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