For the Delphis Dracula, Chronoswiss drew on the legend of Count Dracula and answered it with a blood-red enamel dial on solid gold.
Chronoswiss today introduces the Delphis Dracula, limited to 50 pieces, each individually numbered. The case is solid 18ct red gold. In the legend, vampires retreat to coffins by day, and the watch does the same, resting in a wooden coffin that serves as its collector’s box.
The curved dial is guilloché by hand on century-old machines in the Atelier Lucerne, then covered in seven layers of translucent Grand Feu enamel. The hour is a digital jump at 12 o’clock, the minute is central and retrograde, and the seconds sit at 6 o’clock.
The 42mm case holds the new manufacture Calibre C.6004, developed with La Joux-Perret, which shows through a sapphire case back. The strap is rubber. Chronoswiss says the gold case and the red enamel stand for the eternal bloodline of the myth.
Chronoswiss calls it a watch created for eternity.
The Basics
Brand: Chronoswiss
Model: Delphis Dracula
Reference: CH-1421.1E-BKRE
Diameter: 42mm
Thickness: 14.5mm
Case material: 18ct red gold, solid 17-piece case; cambered, double anti-reflective sapphire crystal; onion crown
Dial: Hand-guilloché, red Grand Feu enamel on 18ct red gold; ceramic indexes; digital hour at 12 o’clock
Water resistance: 10 bar
Strap: Rubber, screw-down, with the patented autobloc system
Limited edition: 50 pieces, individually numbered
The Movement
Calibre: C.6004, manufacture, automatic; developed with La Joux-Perret
Functions: Digital hour at 12 o’clock, retrograde central minute, seconds at 6 o’clock
Winding: Automatic; skeletonised tungsten rotor on ball bearing
Power reserve: Approx. 55 hours
Frequency: 4Hz (28,800 A/h)
Jewels: 37
Images courtesy of Chronoswiss.