Chronoswiss took the serpent as its model for the ReSec Snake, and its green dial is guilloché by hand in the brand’s Lucerne Atelier.
Chronoswiss today introduces the ReSec Snake Manufacture, limited to 100 pieces. Its 42mm titanium case wears a colour-changing green PVD coating that shifts from emerald green to turquoise, depending on the light.
The ReSec series’ 3D regulator layout shows off-centre hours at 12 o’clock and central minutes, framed by green hour and minute rings. The brand likens the retrograde seconds at 6 o’clock to the flick of a serpent’s tongue. The dial is green CVD-coated, and a white rubber strap sets off the case.
Chronoswiss works its guilloché on straight-line and rose-engine machines, and says one of these dials takes several hours. Inside is the automatic Manufacture Caliber C.6005, developed with La Joux-Perret, with 55 hours of power reserve, a tungsten rotor and ruthenium-plated finishing.
Behind the colour-shifting case, the green dial is still guilloché by hand, one pass at a time.
The Basics
Brand: Chronoswiss
Model: ReSec Snake Manufacture
Reference: CH-6924T.1-GRBL
Diameter: 42mm
Thickness: 14.2mm
Case material: Grade 5 titanium with green PVD coating
Dial: Hand guilloché with green CVD coating; off-centre hour display; ceramic indexes
Water resistance: 10 bar
Strap: White rubber
Limited edition: 100 pieces
The Movement
Calibre: Chronoswiss Manufacture C.6005
Functions: Off-centre hours at 12 o’clock, central minutes, retrograde seconds at 6 o’clock
Winding: Automatic
Power reserve: 55 hours
Frequency: 4Hz (28,800 A/h)
Jewels: 31
Images courtesy of Chronoswiss.