Mido is a Swatch Group company that makes watches at accessible prices. The Multifort Escape is a watch that has a lot of pilot’s watch features, such as the simple dial layout with Arabic numerals, hands with SuperLuminova, and large conical crown, but it has other elements that give it extra character, for example the lovely aged steel case and the vertical stripes pattern on the dial (a trademark of Mido’s Multifort watches). It could be described as a “sports pilot’s watch” with its water resistance of 10 bar, 100 metres. Click here for the Top Ten Sports Watches.
Patinated case
The case is in stainless steel, 44 mm in diameter and 11 mm thick, given an antique-style patina by means of a PVD coating. Watchglass and caseback are in sapphire crystal, and the watchglass has an anti-reflective coating. The dial has a date window at 6 o’clock, and the date can be changed from the crown. The strap is in leather with a steel buckle. The hands are skeletonized near the pivot and filled with SuperLuminova at the tips.
Self-winding movement, 80 hours power reserve
The display caseback reveals the Calibre 80.611 movement, self-winding with a Mido-branded oscillating weight. This is Mido’s designation of the ETA C07 or Powermatic 80, an updated version of the 2824-2. Its principal benefit is a power reserve of 80 hours, over three days, obtained by means of the mainspring by Nivarox, and the lower balance frequency, 3 Hertz. In visual terms, the sweep of the seconds hand is jerkier than with a 4-Hertz movement, but reportedly the movement’s time-keeping precision is excellent. It provides the stop-seconds function.
Mido Multifort Escape price and references
The watch is made in three versions, all at the same price, €810. They will be available from July 2017. Further information from the Mido website. Click here to see a selection of the cheapest mechanical watches.
Mido Multifort Escape M032.607.36.090.00 has a green-grey dial and a matching leather strap.
Mido Multifort Escape M032.607.36.050.00 has a dark blue dial that looks black at most angles, and a blue-grey leather strap.
Mido Multifort Escape M032.607.36.050.09 has a black-anthracite dial colour with orange details. This version has the most complete and effective luminosity at low light levels, with hands and numerals coated with SuperLuminova. The other two models seem to have just luminous hands.
