he omnipresent grey of titanium extends into the sunray-brushed grey of the “Magnetic Silver” dial. Chronodate Titanium expresses its technical sophistication in an ensemble where deep black contrasts with a hint of red. With this ultra-sporty, understated and intense new colour scheme, Chronodate Titanium catches the eye, fixes it and draws it towards the horizon.

Angelus introduces a new shade of its self-winding chronograph with peripheral date. Chronodate welcomes the silver-grey “Magnetic Silver” in a tone-on-tone effect. The harmonious blend between titanium case, titanium bracelet or black rubber strap, rhodium-plated hands and the dial surface creates a technical monochrome impression. This grey continues into black, revealing the movement container and then the carbon composite push-pieces. This black ensemble culminates in the two counters, one a 30-minute chronograph totaliser and the other with a small seconds.

Chronodate is a fusion of two different styles: Angelus, the historic brand and its Swiss watchmaking heritage, and Angelus, the technical, modern brand with a penchant for complications. With this colour combination, the house presents the most striking version of this chronograph collection.

Chronodate Titanium embodies the neo-retro approach of Angelus sports chronographs. It offers the highest standards of modernity and comfort with a multi-structured modular case. The movement is housed in a container machined from a rigid yet lightweight carbon composite. The chronograph push-pieces, made from the same material, are applied directly to this case.

Around this container, Angelus has designed an openworked cradle that unites the case middle and lugs in a single line. It also houses the bezel marked with twelve notches. This modular superstructure can accommodate one or more materials. The energy emanating from its chamfered profile and the alternating straight and curved lines give the Chronodate collection a sporty feel. Finally, there is the bracelet, also in titanium: vintage in appearance, with its single, wide links, modern in construction, and very comfortable to wear.

Chronodate serves as a historical reminder of the brand’s origins, as Angelus was a leading manufacturer of chronographs from the 1940s to the 1960s. These timepieces were small in diameter, in keeping with the taste of the time, with particularly large and legible counters. It is only fitting that Angelus now presents a Chronodate with large, easy-to-read counters.

The 30-minute chronograph totaliser and the small seconds are adorned in metallic black with a snailed texture that adds to the modernity of the design. The dominant colour, “Magnetic Silver”, is applied with a fine, matt sunray-brushed effect, set off by applied hour-markers and Arabic numerals with a 1940s aesthetic.

Angelus has fitted Chronodate Titanium with its own chronograph movement, the A-500 calibre, which displays the small seconds at 9 o’clock and the 30-minute totaliser at 3 o’clock. A pointer-type date display runs around the periphery of the dial. The calibre, oscillating at 4 Hz, is driven by a column wheel. Its self-winding system operates by means of an oscillating weight with a design taken from the brand’s archives: a capital letter “A” above a star, evoking a bell and its clapper. It alludes to the early days of Angelus, right at the heart of the mechanism.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• Functions hours, minutes, seconds, chronograph and peripheral date

Movement

• Calibre A-500, self-winding mechanical
• Jewels 26
• Diameter 30.00 mm
• Thickness 7.90 mm
• Power reserve 60 hours
• Frequency 4 Hz/28,800 vph
• Finishes
  mainplate: sandblasted and NAC-treated
  bridges: microblasted and NAC-treated, satin-finished edges
  wheels: circular-grained and rhodium-plated
  oscillating weight: tungsten

• Dial Magnetic Silver-coloured, sunray-brushed
• Numerals appliqués and hour hands with Super-LumiNova
• Counters metallic black, snailed

Case

• Material bezel, crown and monobloc case middle: titanium chamber; bezel ring and push-pieces: carbon composite
• Finishes satin-finished surfaces, polished chamfers
• Diameter 42.50 mm
• Thickness 14.25 mm
• Crystal box sapphire, anti-reflective coating on both sides
• Case back sapphire box, anti-reflective finish
• Water-resistance 3 bar (30 metres/100 feet)

Interchangeable bracelet

• Material satin-finished titanium or black rubber
• Folding buckle titanium

Reference
rubber strap: 0CDZF.A01A.K009H
titanium bracelet: 0CDZF.A02A.M009T
Edition unlimited

Swiss retail price

• rubber strap: CHF 23,000 incl. VAT
• (subject to change) titanium bracelet incl. rubber strap: CHF 25,100 incl. VAT