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The '''6030 [[Sinn Frankfurt Financial District|Frankfurt Financial District]] Watch IV''' is an [[automatic chronograph]] produced by [[Sinn]] from [[2007]] through [[2015]]. It is the fourth model in the [[Sinn Frankfurt Financial District]] line and one of a trio of smaller 34 mm watches introduced that year. It is the second [[chronograph]] model in the line and the first without a [[GMT]] hand.

==Overview==
In [[1999]], [[Sinn]] added [[Sinn 6000|a model]] to celebrate the company's home city of Frankfurt and to appeal to the business and finance professionals there. The Frankfurt Financial District Watch was designed to reflect the sensibilities of the German businessman, with clean utilitarian lines, a restrained black dial, and stainless steel case. And, reflecting the international appeal of Frankfurt, the Frankfurt Financial District Watch was designed to show the time in multiple timezones. The company suggested that it could keep track of the time in New York and Tokyo, two other major stock exchanges, while showing the local time in Frankfurt.

This '''Model 6030''' was part of a trio of smaller 34 mm watches that joined the lineup in [[2007]]. The 6030 "IV" chronograph and [[Sinn 6033|6033 "V" three-hand watch]] were introduced early in the year, neither of which featured the [[GMT]] hand that had defined the "Frankfurter" family from the start. Sinn simply did not have a suitably-small GMT movement. It was almost [[2008]] before Sinn introduced the [[Sinn 6036|Model 6036 "VI" World Time]].

Unlike Models 6033 and 6036, which used a crown at 2:00 for the rotating inner bezel and moved the winding crown to 4:00, Model 6030 had the traditional "Frankfurter" layout. A crown at 10:00 rotates the inner second timezone bezel, with chronograph pushers and winding [[crown]] in the traditional 2-3-4 locations.

Most Sinn chronographs used the [[Valjoux 7750]] or [[Lemania 5100]] which located the chronograph registers and [[small seconds]] at 6, 9, and 12. But Model 6030 used the [[ETA 2094]] with a 3-6-9 subdial arrangement like the original Model 6000. This is one of the reasons for a strong family resemblance among all these models. The movement, visible through a sapphire [[display caseback]], features a "bull and bear" motif.

Note that this watch is officially called "Frankfurter Finanzplatzuhr IV" ("Frankfurt Financial District Watch IV").

The 34 mm Financial District watches were retired in [[2015]] (Model 6030 "IV"), [[2016]] (Model 6033 "V"), and [[2017]] (Model 6036 "VI"). Although there is no direct replacement for Model 6030, [[Sinn 6000|Model 6000]] is a similar 38.5 mm model and remains available.

==See Also==
* [[Sinn Frankfurt Financial District]]
* [[Sinn 6000]], the original chronograph
* [[Sinn 6033]], the 34 mm dual time watch
* [[Sinn 6036]], the 34 mm world time watch

==References==

* Sinn 6030 (2007-2015) - [[Stainless steel]] case, black dial and bezel

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:[[Self-winding]] [[chronograph]] movement [[ETA 2094]], 28,800 A/h
:[[Nivarox]] 1 [[balance spring]], [[Glucydur]] [[balance wheel]],  Beryllium plateau, [[mainspring]] in Nivaflex 1
:[[Incabloc]] [[shock protection]]
:Finished, [[rhodinated]]e movement parts (with [[perlage]]-finished [[bridge]]s, [[blued]] screws)
:The rotor bears the engraving "Bull and Bear" and the lettering „Frankfurt/Main“
:[[Antimagnetic]] according to DIN 8309
:[[Shock proof]] according to DIN 8308
:[[Power reserve]] 40 h
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:[[Stainless steel]], polished
:Ø 34 mm, H 11.2 mm
:Cover glass [[sapphire crystal]], [[antireflective]] on both sides
:Caseback screwed, with internally anti-reflective sapphire crystal
:[[Crown]]s with double o-ring gasket
:Pushers with double o-ring gasket and pusher protection
:[[Waterproof]] to 10 atm
:Safe below atmospheric pressure
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:Black galvanised dial, with [[solar grinding]] 
:[[Rhodinated]] appliques coated with white [[luminous]] colour
:Hours- and minutes hand [[skeletonized]], coated with [[luminous]] colour
:Central [[hacking seconds]] hand, hours and minutes stop hands [[rhodinated]] 
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:Hours, minutes
:[[Small seconds]] with [[hacking seconds]]
:Date bei 4:30 Uhr
:Inner ring with [[second time-zone]]
:[[Chronograph]]: 12 hours , 30 minutes, 60 seconds counter
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:2 bracelets: calf leather strap and solid metal bracelet with [[butterfly folding clasp]]

'''Accessoires:'''
:Complete case (wooden) with watchband replacement tool kit, spare spring bars, Eschenbach watchmaker's loupe, cleaning cloth and Frankfurt Finance District booklet

'''Warranty:''' 
:2 years
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:2.190,- EUR (2009)
}}

== Literature ==
*[[Das ZEITGEFÜHL-Uhrenbuch]]; Autor: [[Gerd-Lothar Reschke]]; ISBN 3-938607-61-0

== Weblinks ==
* [http://www.sinn.de/Download/Bedienungsanleitung/deut/6030-dt.pdf Sinn-Bedienungsanleitung with Modellgeschichte and ausführlichen Hintergrundinfos]

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[[Category:Chronographs]]
[[Category:Sinn Frankfurt Financial District models|6030]]