Carl F. Bucherer novelties: Manero Flyback, Peripheral & Urban

In the ever-evolving world of luxury wristwatches, Carl F. Bucherer once again pushes the boundaries of elegance, precision, and innovation with its Manero 2024 collection. Synonymous with exceptional craftsmanship and design excellence, this latest range seamlessly blends traditional Swiss watchmaking artistry with modern technological advancements, promising a selection of timepieces that are not just watches but treasures of horological brilliance. Carl F. Bucherer updates the Manero Flyback, the Manero Peripheral and the Manero Urban lines with unwavering commitment to perfection and the brand’s dedication to satisfying the sophisticated tastes of watch connoisseurs around the globe.

Carl F. Bucherer Manero Flyback

For 2024, one of Carl F. Bucherer’s best-selling chronographs balances once more a contemporary vibe with classic detailing and technical finesse, created to match the energy and elegance of modern city living. Fresh designs broaden the versatility of the Manero Flyback range, with two alluring new dial colors and fashionable straps and bracelets adding to a multifaceted portfolio that gives wearers a wide choice of case styles, colors and straps.

A brand new Manero Flyback in 40 mm makes a minimalistic, monochromatic statement, premiering a stylish grey dial color – executed in a sunray-brushed finish with matching subdials – that partners beautifully with its stainless steel case. Complemented by a choice between a vegan textile strap in matching grey or a nine-link metal bracelet, the timepiece channels the materials and colors of the urban landscape. The Manero Flyback in 43 mm also showcases an all-new dial color – a deep blue, paired with an 18 K rose gold case and an elegant blue calfskin leather strap – that reflects a more opulent side of urban living.

Astonishing Versatility

The Manero Flyback watch line now also offers an even wider range of strap options. The 43 mm version in 18 K rose gold with a silver dial features a brown calfskin leather strap. The stainless steel versions in 43 mm are now available with stylish textile straps with an updated weave in black, blue-grey or beige to go with the silver, blue-grey or black dials. All versions are equipped with a quick release mechanism, allowing for an easy switch between the different variants to match various styles and occasions.

Retro-Inspired Aesthetics

These contemporary combinations are designed to appeal to urban individualists and reflect the myriad ways in which they might spend time in the city. The timepiece’s retro-inspired aesthetics emanate style and sophistication – and its exquisite finish suggests the character of a dress watch – yet its flyback chronograph functionality ensures it retains an unmistakably dynamic quality. From business occasions to high culture and everything in between, this is a uniquely adaptable companion that conveys the drive, ambition, sophistication and style of the wearer on their journey through life, Exploring Time.

Exceptional Detailing

In all cases, the dials offer at-a-glance accuracy thanks to the high contrast between the hands, indices and markings. The symmetry of the small seconds subdial at 9 0’clock and the minute counter at 3 0’clock, along with the timepiece’s distinctive mushroom-style pushers, clearly signal the presence of its chronograph. The dial also displays a date window at 6 o’clock, maintaining the balance of the dial, while a tachymeter scale runs around the edge. The hands are wedge-shaped – for the 43 mm case variants, these are skeletonized and rhodium-plated (and paired with rhodium-plated index marks) to match with the stainless steel case, and with rose-gold-plated hands and matching indices to accompany the rose gold case. For the smaller 40 mm stainless steel case, the hour and minute hands are in-filled with Super-LumiNova for extra after-dark appeal.

Powerfully Precise

The Manero Flyback is powered by a Carl F. Bucherer CFB 1973 caliber movement with an integrated columnwheel chronograph. Through the sapphire case back, the 29-jewel movement itself can be glimpsed – its automatic winding complication features a 56-hour power reserve. The watch’s flyback functionality – which lends the watch its name – makes resetting the stopwatch effortless and instantaneous: the second hand “flies back” to the starting position and instantly starts again with a single push of a button, without the need to stop, reset and restart it in three separate steps. This is a pivotal mechanism that symbolizes the watch’s precision and technical finesse.

Inspired by Life in Our Cosmopolitan Cities

These design updates broaden the appeal of an already multifaceted line of watches. The Manero Flyback continues to celebrate the youthful appeal of the timepiece’s chronograph functionality, which lends a sense of momentum, vitality and energy to every occasion and points to the wearer’s own pursuit of greatness, Exploring Time in our most exciting cities. Inspired by everyday urban adventures, the Manero Flyback brings to life the aspirations of the wider Manero product family, which embodies the innovational spirit, modern materials and bold urban attitude required to succeed in our most dynamic urban centers.

Carl F. Bucherer Manero Peripheral

This is a timepiece that, for many, defines the very ethos of Carl F. Bucherer. Reborn for 2024, the Manero Peripheral in 40 mm features a subtle new aesthetic that reflects the contemporary style of today’s urban explorers. Featuring a manufacture movement, designed and assembled entirely in-house, and powered by a peripherally mounted automatic winding system, it is the latest generation of a timepiece that captures Carl F. Bucherer’s innovative spirit, mechanical precision and eagerness to challenge itself. As such, the Manero Peripheral effortlessly encapsulates the essence of Exploring Time.

Amid the frenzied pace of lives lived at the speed of electrons, of endless virtual interactions conducted through touchscreens, the exquisite intricacy of a mechanical device brings a Zen-like quality to each day. Powered by a Carl F. Bucherer CFB A2050 manufacture movement, the Manero Peripheral’s automatic winding system remains faithful to the brand’s first peripherally mounted innovation, and in many ways is the watch’s most compelling feature.

Streamlined design

Yet the Manero Peripheral is, at its heart, a lesson in subtlety, with the quality of its Carl F. Bucherer manufacture movement within known only to the wearer and those in the know. To the rest of the world, it is a supremely elegant timepiece. Its streamlined stainless-steel case has a beautifully sinuous appeal, and pleasantly contrasts with sharper facets in the dial, available in black, blue or silver finishes. The dial’s embossed, striped background adds tactility, depth and sophistication, and is complemented by indices and hands that feature a flattened upper surface, while a tone-on-tone small seconds sub-dial brings added panache.

Dynamic updates

Hours, minutes and second hands are displayed alongside a date window, which match the dial available in, black, blue and silver. Around the edge of the dial, each minute benefits from its own individual marking – known as ‘railroad minuterie’. The overall appearance is of minimalistic chic, with straps or bracelets to match: the Manero Peripheral is equipped either with hybrid straps consisting of a color-coordinated rubber base and a leather inlay, or a stainless-steel bracelet to enhance its sleek, ergonomic aesthetic.

Superbly precise, peripherally powered

The timepiece features a 33-jewel movement and is a COSC-certified chronometer, promising the highest accuracy. Integrated too is a peripherally mounted bi-directional automatic winding system – a refined version of Carl F. Bucherer’s first patented peripheral winding system, launched in 2008, which now features a power reserve of an astonishing 55 hours.

Carl F. Bucherer is at the forefront of Peripheral Technology, which repositions critical parts of the movement by moving them around the periphery via ball bearings, rather than around a central rotor or attached to the movement’s plates or bridges. This striking innovation differentiates Carl F. Bucherer from other watchmakers, reflects the technical finesse of its watch designers and comes with multiple benefits, including a thinner movement that is never obscured when viewed through the sapphire case back. Peripheral Technology distinguishes Carl F. Bucherer as a Swiss watchmaker of astonishing acumen.

With its new design updates, all-day adaptability and robust qualities, the Manero Peripheral in 40 mm is the ideal partner for Exploring Time in the city, where long days often merge from work into social and cultural occasions. An icon of Carl F. Bucherer lives on.

Modern family

In its updated guise, the Manero Peripheral not only brings one of the brand’s best-selling timepieces to a new generation of watch aficionados, but is also one of the first manifestations of a wider transformation under way across the entire Manero collection. This introduces modernized design cues and enhanced adaptability and robustness to a family of watches that epitomizes functionality, innovation, and contemporary design. These values ensure the collection reflects the demanding lifestyles and inspiring backdrops of our most dynamic cities.

Carl F. Bucherer Manero Urban

The Manero Urban from Carl F. Bucherer has been specifically designed to meet the demands of busy modern lifestyles. Its sleek aesthetic reflects contemporary style cues and embodies a new aesthetic approach being rolled out across the entire Manero collection.

Aimed at high-performing urban explorers, the Manero Urban is a deceptively minimalistic timepiece, presenting the time and date unambiguously in a deliberately clean design. Those qualities are also its greatest strength, making it adaptable to business commitments, social occasions, cultural outings and sporting moments alike – the essence of Exploring Time in today’s vibrant, fast-paced cities. The Manero Urban’s understated simplicity conveys a confident, decisive attitude – just right for navigating the abundance of options and activities presented by the most exciting urban environments.

Contoured design

The Manero Urban premieres a slew of stylish new design features across its dial, hands, indices and strap options. Set within an ergonomically contoured stainless-steel case, a sunray-brushed dial is finished with a striped opaline finish, lending it discoverable detail and a subtle sense of three-dimensional texture. Squared-off hands, filled with Super-LumiNova, are a bold, purposeful addition – functional from dusk till dawn, whatever the light – and partner with sharply angled indices for a confident, direct appearance

It is available in four colorways in beautifully muted, natural tones of black, blue, mocca and sand that maximize the timepiece’s adaptability – the colors cleverly complement a wide array of garments, and will never overwhelm a look. Strap options include a textile tide ocean material@ (in black and blue) or a vegan leather (in brown and sand), all of which pair with the dial colors. Alternatively, a stainless-steel bracelet complements the case and makes a

powerful statement. Whichever option you choose, the watch’s svelte 38 mm diameter ensures it can accompany the wearer on a wide range of professional, social or cultural occasions, a stylish companion for any urban escapade.

Exploring Time in the city

The Manero Urban exemplifies Carl F. Bucherer’s Manero family of watches: a collection that combines functionality, innovation, contemporary design, and which balances adaptability and robustness – all hallmarks of urban environments and lifestyles. Its automatic movement, powered by a CFB 1950 caliber, features a power reserve of 38 hours, ensuring long-lasting accuracy and precision.

With its self-consciously straightforward functionality, the time always clearly communicated, and the date visible at a glance through a color-contrasting date window, it is ready for the rough and tumble of city life and robust enough for those lunchtime gym or swim sessions, with a screw-down crown and water-resistance to 5 bar.

A new era of urban timekeeping

The Manero Urban’s elegant aesthetics bring to life an array of new design elements being launched across the Manero collection during 2024. These are designed to emphasize the collection’s relevance to urban explorers, living busy lives, striving for success and Exploring Time in our exciting city centers. It makes for a profoundly modern expression of Carl F. Bucherer, a Swiss watchmaker with more than 135 years of history.

Carl F. Bucherer Manero Flyback 40 mm Technical Specifications

Reference: 00.10927.08.93.01
Movement: Automatic, CFB 1973 caliber, diameter 30.4 mm, height 7.9 mm, 29 jewels, power reserve 56 hours
Functions: Chronograph with minute and seconds counter, flyback function, tachymeter scale, date, hour, minute, small seconds
Case: Stainless steel, double-domed sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating on one side, case back with sapphire crystal, water-resistant to 3 bar (30 m), diameter 40 mm, height 14.45 mm
Dial: Sunray-brushed grey dial with grey counters, rhodium-plated wedge index marks
Hands: Rhodium-plated wedge hands with Super-LumiNova
Strap: Grey vegan textile with quick release system, stainless steel pin-lock folding clasp

Reference: 00.10927.08.93.21
Movement: Automatic, CFB 1973 caliber, diameter 30.4 mm, height 7.9 mm, 29 jewels, power reserve 56 hours
Functions: Chronograph with minute and seconds counter, flyback function, tachymeter scale, date, hour, minute, small seconds
Case: Stainless steel, double-domed sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating on one side, case back with sapphire crystal, water-resistant to 3 bar (30 m), diameter 40 mm, height 14.45 mm
Dial: Sunray-brushed grey dial with grey counters, rhodium-plated wedge index marks
Hands: Rhodium-plated wedge hands with Super-LumiNova
Bracelet: Stainless steel with quick release system and stainless steel folding clasp

Carl F. Bucherer Manero Flyback 43 mm Technical Specifications

Reference: 00.10919.03.13.02, 00.10919.03.53.01
Movement: Automatic, CFB 1973 caliber, diameter 30.4 mm, height 7.9 mm, 29 jewels, power reserve 56 hours
Functions: Chronograph with minute and seconds counter, flyback function, tachymeter scale, date, hour, minute, small seconds
Case: 18 K rose gold, double-domed sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating on one side, case back with sapphire crystal, water-resistant to 3 bar (30 m), diameter 43 mm, height 14.45 mm
Dial: Silver or blue dial with rose-gold-plated wedge index marks
Hands: Rose-gold-plated wedge hands
Strap: Brown or blue calfskin leather strap with quick release system, 18 K rose
gold pin buckle

Reference: 00.10919.08.13.02, 00.10919.08.33.03, 00.10919.08.93.02
Movement: Automatic, CFB 1973 caliber, diameter 30.4 mm, height 7.9 mm, 29 jewels, power reserve 56 hours
Functions: Chronograph with minute and seconds counter, flyback function, tachymeter scale, date, hour, minute, small seconds
Case: Stainless steel, double-domed sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating on one side, case back with sapphire crystal, water-resistant to 3 bar (30 m), diameter 43 mm, height 14.45 mm
Dial: Silver, black or blue-grey dial with rhodium-plated wedge index marks
Hands: Rhodium-plated wedge hands
Strap: Black, beige or grey textile strap with quick release system, stainless steel pin-lock folding clasp

Carl F. Bucherer Manero Peripheral 40 mm Technical Specifications

Reference with strap: 00.10924.08.13.02, 00.10924.08.33.02, 00.10924.08.53.02 Reference with bracelet: 00.10924.08.13.22, 00.10924.08.33.22, 00.10924.08.53.22
Movement: Automatic, manufacture caliber CFB A2050, chronometer COSC, diameter 30.6 mm, height 5.3 mm, 33 jewels, power reserve 55 hours
Functions: Date, hour, minute, small seconds
Stainless steel, domed sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating on both sides, double O-ring crown, caseback with sapphire crystal, water-resistant to 5 bar (50 m), diameter 40.6 mm, height 11.2 mm
Dial: Stamped opaline in silver, black and blue with tone-on-tone counters, rhodiumplated curved wedge index marks
Hands: Rhodium-plated curved wedge hands
Strap: Hybrid rubber strap with brown, blue and black leather and quick release system, stainless steel pin-lock folding clasp
Or bracelet: Stainless steel with quick release system, stainless steel folding clasp

Carl F. Bucherer Manero Urban 38 mm Technical Specifications

Reference with strap: 00.10929.08.53.01, 00.10929.08.33.01, 00.10929.08.93.02, 00.10929.08.93.01
Reference with bracelet: 00.10929.08.93.22, 00.10929.08.93.21, 0010929.08.53.21,
00.10929.08.33.21
Movement: Automatic, CFB 1950 caliber, diameter 26.20mm, height 4.8mm, 26 jewels, power reserve 38 hours
Functions: Date, hour, minute, seconds
Stainless steel, domed sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating on one side, case back with stamped logo, water-resistant to 5 bar (50 m), screwed down crown, diameter 38.0 mm, height 11.2 mm
Dial: Sunray brushed dial with opaline lines in black, blue, sand and mocca, rhodium plated cranked wedge index marks with Super-LumiNova@
Hands: Rhodium plated cranked wedge hands with Super-LumiNova@
Strap: Textile #tide ocean material@ strap black and blue, with quick release system, stainless steel pin-lock folding clasp; fully vegan leather (100% PETA@ approved), brown and sand, with quick release system, stainless steel pin-lock folding clasp.
Or bracelet: Stainless steel with quick release system, stainless steel folding clasp

About Carl F. Bucherer
Carl F. Bucherer has been synonymous with excellence, innovation, and passion since 1888. The Swiss company has become an internationally renowned global brand with a presence throughout the world, characterized by its founder’s pioneering spirit and the cosmopolitan esprit of its home city of Lucerne.
The contemporary timepieces produced by Carl F. Bucherer combine unique design with the utmost precision and outstanding functionality. Committed to technical innovation, Carl F. Bucherer is the market leader in peripheral technology and has patented not only a peripheral winding system but also a floating tourbillon in a peripherally supported cage and a peripherally guided minute repeater regulator.
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