BY JOVAN K
If you felt like Mido was trying a bit too hard with the Two Crowns last year, you aren’t alone. Granted, it was a cool look sure, but sometimes less is more. Enter the new Mido Multifort 8 One Crown. It’s exactly what the name suggests. Mido took that funky octagonal design, ditched the internal rotating bezel and simplified things down to a single crown.
The case is where that message comes through right away. You are looking at a 40mm x 9.9mm 316L steel build, which sits comfortably in modern territory. That thickness under 10mm is the real winner here because it theoretically keeps the watch sitting flat against the wrist. It’s built from 316L steel, mixing brushed and polished surfaces to really play up those sharp angles. The eight-sided bezel here projects a bold geometric character that’s a little throwback to the seventies Mido Multi Star. The crown is screw-down with a solid 100 metres of water resistance.
On the dial side, things get more straightforward as Mido sticks with the horizontal relief pattern that’s become a bit of a signature for the Multifort line. The bright blue version is the standout, but they’ve kept things clean with applied indices and tri-faceted hands. Everything is filled with white Super-LumiNova.
At 3 o’clock rests a neat date window with black numerals on a white background. I know that some might say a color-matched date wheel would have been better, but I think the white provides a bit of balance with the other elements of the dial.
Inside the case, you’ll find the Calibre 80, and most watch fans know this movement by now as the ETA C07.611. It’s a reliable workhorse that Mido uses across their catalog. It runs at a frequency of 3Hz (21,600 vph) and features a Nivachron balance spring to resist magnetic fields and shocks. Another big selling point is the 80-hour power reserve. You can see the movement through the back, including the branded rotor decorated with Côtes de Genève pattern.
For the finish, you can get this on a steel bracelet with a quick-change system, which is basically mandatory these days. If you aren’t a metal fan, the black dial version comes on a rubber strap for a more sporty side of the design. Pricing sits at $1,070 for the bracelet and $1,030 if you go with the rubber. It’s available now at most retailers.
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