The New Chronoswiss Q-Repeater Collection

Gerd R. Lang, the founding father of Chronoswiss, developed a particular design language that includes old-school regulators, leaping hours, knurled bezels, giant onion crowns and screwed lugs. Within the arms of the Ebstein household since 2012, Chronoswiss has maintained the regulator and different conventional shows however injected new life into its collections with a daring combine of latest supplies and colors. Venturing up the problems ladder, Chronoswiss presents two quarter repeater watches, the Q-Repeater Scream and the Q-Repeater Blue Be aware, with multi-level regulator dials and a few stunning colors.

Whereas the openworked structure, supplies and colors mirror the brand new face of Chronoswiss, the calibre is an archive motion produced completely for Chronoswiss within the Nineties that has been restored, refined and reborn within the model’s Lucerne atelier. A bridge between the previous and the current, the Q-Repeaters strike the hours and quarters on demand in titanium circumstances with skeletonised regulator-style dials.

The spherical, drum-shaped titanium case measures 42mm throughout and has a pronounced top of 16.2mm. Embellished with double bands of knurling, the case has an enormous onion crown and a outstanding pusher at 10 o’clock to activate the repeater. The highest a part of the lugs, bezel, crown and pusher are polished in distinction to the vertical satin-brushed case center. A glassbox sapphire crystal over the dial amplifies the surroundings, creating groovy distortions on the periphery.

The Q-Repeater Scream is the loudest of the pair with its deep, multi-level dial with CVD-coated openworked bridges in electrical blue, orange and purple arching over the central inexperienced minutes ring and supporting the small seconds counter at 6 o’clock and the hours at midday. Two hand-guilloché bridges in electrical blue and inexperienced add extra color to the dial, whereas the placing hammers might be seen at 1 o’clock. On a regular basis indications are handled with Tremendous-LumiNova – from the central minutes hand to the tip of the hour and seconds arms and the 5-minute markers on the peripheral observe.

Extra conservative but nonetheless up to date, the Q-Repeater Blue Notes options navy blue CVD-coated skeletonised bridges and silver-coloured hours and seconds sub-dials. Like historic regulators, the minutes observe takes priority and is featured on the openworked galvanic blue peripheral observe with 3D ceramic Tremendous-LumiNova blocks formed like lollipops at 5-minute intervals. The markers on the hour disc are additionally ceramic blocks of SLN. The 2 hand-guilloché bridges are blue to match the theme of the watch.

The restored Chronoswiss legacy calibre C.126 is an computerized with a repeater on two gongs. With a diameter of 28mm and 42 jewels, the frequency is 21,600vph and the ability reserve is 35 hours. Fitted with a Glucydur steadiness wheel and a Nivarox steadiness spring, the motion options an openworked rotor adorned with Côtes de Genève.

Scream is fitted with a gray nubuck leather-based strap with an orange and purple Alcantara lining; the Blue Be aware with a blue calfskin strap with a light-weight gray Alcantara lining. Every mannequin is a restricted version of 25 items. They share a retail value of CHF 38,000 / EUR 42,500. Extra data at chronoswiss.com.