Geneva Watch Days 2024: The Angelus Chronodate Titanium Dazzles With A Silver Edition
The new Chronodate Titanium poses a unique conundrum: on one hand it embodies the Swiss watchmaking heritage of the brand Angelus and on the other, it gives the impression of a technically sound, modern brand with a penchant for complications. Through all this, one thing is certain, the Chronodate Titanium has a magnetic presence. So is it any surprise then that the watch is named Chronodate Titanium, Magnetic Silver Edition.
At Geneva Watch Days 2024, Angelus introduces a new shade of its self-winding chronograph with peripheral date. The Chronodate collection welcomes the silver-grey ‘Magnetic Silver’ in a tone-on-tone effect. The harmonious blend between titanium case, titanium bracelet, rhodium-plated hands and the dial surface creates a technical monochrome impression that adds a touch of sophistication. 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 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.
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.
