Chronoswiss has turned to the Roaring Twenties, and the geometry of Art Deco, for a new edition of the Delphis, one of its best-known complications since 1996.
Chronoswiss today introduces the Delphis Art Deco, limited to 150 pieces. The Art Deco movement, which flourished in the 1920s, built its look on geometry, symmetry and refined contrasts.
The grey main dial is nickel-coated and laser-structured, for a subtle three-dimensional texture. Above it, the jumping hour advances at 12 o’clock, the retrograde minute hand sweeps its curved scale and snaps back, and the small seconds turn below.
Their baby-blue lacquer sits on a guilloché base, engraved in-house at the Atelier Lucerne on century-old machines. A gold-plated minute ring warms the grey.
The 42mm case is Grade 5 titanium in a matte grey, on a black nubuck strap. Inside is the automatic manufacture calibre C.6004, developed with La Joux-Perret, with a 55-hour power reserve.
A century-old machine still cuts the guilloché that gives the Art Deco its blue, a small link between two different decades.
The Basics
Brand: Chronoswiss
Model: Delphis Art Deco
Reference: CH-1423TM.1-GRGO
Diameter: 42mm
Thickness: 14.4mm
Case material: Grade 5 titanium, 17-piece, matte finish; polished bezel with fluted decorative ring
Dial: Three-dimensional; nickel-coated, laser-structured upper level; small seconds with hand guilloché and blue lacquer; gold-plated minute ring
Water resistance: 10 ATM
Strap: Black nubuck; screw-down strap attachment with patented autobloc system
Limited edition: 150 pieces
The Movement
Calibre: C.6004, manufacture, automatic, developed with La Joux-Perret
Functions: Digital (jumping) hour at 12 o’clock, retrograde central minute, small seconds at 6 o’clock
Winding: Automatic
Power reserve: Approx. 55 hours
Frequency: 4 Hz
Jewels: 37
Images courtesy of Chronoswiss.