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A single shade of grey - Chronodate Titanium, Magnetic Silver Edition

AUGUST 27 2024    |    Geneva Watch Days 2024

The 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.

 

A modern case

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.

 

Chrono dynamics

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.

 

 

Chronodate Titanium, Magnetic Silver Edition

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 crystal, anti-reflective coating
Water-resistance   3 bar (30 metres/100 feet)
     

Interchangeable bracelet

   
Material  

satin-finished titanium or black rubber

Folding buckle   titanium
     
References   rubber strap: 0CDZF.A01A.K009H
    titanium bracelet: 0CDZF.A02A.M009T
     
Edition   unlimited

 

 

                                           

                                            

 


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