Lucerne-based Chronoswiss has long been credited with bringing the regulator dial ? a design inspired by 19th-century clocks used by watchmakers to regulate their watches’ timekeeping ? into modern vogue. Thus it is appropriate not only that the regulator style dominates the brand’s current collection, but also that this year’s headliners from Baselworld 2018, a pair of limited editions celebrating both the brand’s founding and the release of its first Régulateur timepiece, offer an intriguing new twist on the historical regulator design. Here’s what you need to know about the Chronoswiss Sirius Flying Regulator Open Gear.
Chronoswiss Flying Regulator Open Gear in rose gold (Ref. CH-8751R-BLSI)
The watch, Chronoswiss says, commemorates 35 years since German watchmaker Gerd-Rüdiger Lang founded the company in Munich in 1983, as well as 30 years since the release of the regulator model that defined the brand in 1988. It is available in two executions, both limited to 35 pieces: in a stainless steel case with a silver-colored dial and blue outer ring, and in a rose-gold case with a blue dial and silver outer ring. On that outer ring is a minutes scale with the number “35” printed in red, standing out against the other numerals on the scale (white in the steel version, black in the rose gold). The “Open Gear” moniker comes from the model’s partially openworked dial design, with front-mounted, skeletonized train wheel...