Don’t be misled that Chronoswiss started in Switzerland because of its name. It was actually founded in Munich, Germany, by Gerd-Rudiger Lang in 1983. He is a man who is very dedicated to building the most sophisticated mechanical watches.
This explains the success of their watches within a mere 20 years. Many collectors were attracted by the complications of his watches that reflected strongly his technical expertise.
To represent his level of passion for watch making, in 1988 Chronoswiss created the world’s first regulator wristwatch.
It was a watch that borrowed the Regulateur dial that were only found in clocks and pocket watches and added it onto a wristwatch’s face. It literally impressed the world with his innovative and technical knowledge in watchmaking.
He took the next step of making his own movements as well as watch models to signify Chronoswiss’ uniqueness. In 1992, he patented a movement and model known as the two-handed Rattrapante.
It never stopped there for his patents. There was continuous creation of new movements and models that were critically acclaimed.
In 1993 there was the Cabrio watch and then 1994 the Grand Regulateur. Thereafter in 1995, they launched the very unique and beautiful Opus which was an automatic chronograph that was skeletonized to reveal its movement. It was one of the most impressive mens watches that attracted many to fall in love with it. In 1996, the Opus was voted Watch of the Year by Armbanduhren Magazine.
Later that year, they launched another outstanding mens watch called the Delphis. It combines jumping hours and retrograde minutes which revolutionized the world of mechanical mens watches.
It has three different systems (i.e. digital for hours, retrograde for minutes, and analog for seconds) that were cleanly and neatly displayed on its dial.
Another first that was later created in 1998 is the Pathos. It is another skeletonized chronograph but this time it has a self-winding fly-back movement included. Its impressive movement led to its award for Innovation Prize by Chronos magazine in 1999.
The next attraction from Chronoswiss was the Tourbillon Regulateur. It was a manual winding mechanical that has a sub-dial for hours at 12 and its main dial for minutes with a single steel blue hand as well as its tourbillon at 6.
Chronoscope was the next watch to win the 2003 Watch of the Year by Uhren magazine. This is another “first” from Chronoswiss that synergistically put together a single-push button chronograph with a regulator dial.
It has a combination of 38 movement components and these are specifically made for this watch particularly.
Other great designs and collection worth taking a look are:
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