Chronoswiss Opus Dakar Sundown, in steel and red gold
Chronoswiss drew the Opus Dakar Sundown from the last golden light over the desert, pairing steel with 18ct red gold and a sand-coloured strap.
Chronoswiss drew the Opus Dakar Sundown from the last golden light over the desert, pairing steel with 18ct red gold and a sand-coloured strap.
Guido Terreni, CEO of Parmigiani Fleurier, holds that a chronograph is only as good as the architecture of the movement that drives it.
H. Moser & Cie. made one watch for the drivers of the BWT Alpine Formula One Team and one for its mechanics; now both take on pink, from the team’s second livery.
Chronoswiss reads the moon two ways this season. The Lunar Chronograph Aurora takes the softer route, into a dial that shifts colour with the light.
Czapek’s new steel chronograph borrows its dial’s deep, straight lines from the tread of a sports-car tyre, in a colour the brand calls Victory Green.
Watchmaker Stephen McDonnell designed a flyback into his Sequential chronograph from the first prototype, then held it back until every element was proven.
The Chronoswiss Opus, the skeleton chronograph first made in 1995, turns 30, and the Opus Dakar takes it into the colours of the desert.
Czapek’s latest split-seconds chronograph honours Karel Čapek, the Czech novelist whose play R.U.R., first performed in Prague in 1921, introduced the word “robot” to the wider world.
La Chaux-de-Fonds is where Louis Erard was born, and its postcode, 2300, now names the brand’s sport chronographs, once called La Sportive.