As part of Chronoswiss? showing at the upcoming WatchTime Los Angeles event on May 3-4, the Swiss brand will be showcasing the new Sirius Chronograph Moon Phase. The watch, a navy dial chronograph with a moon phase and analog date indicator, joins the previous steel and gold white dial options from the independent Lucerne-based watchmaker.

The complicated new piece uses a 41-mm steel case stylized with partially knurled edges, polished and brushed finishing, uncommon tipped chronograph pushers, and a large onion crown. It stands somewhat tall on the wrist at 15 mm, and is secured with a Louisiana alligator strap using long, straight lugs. On the blue, partially guilloché-decorated dial is an outer analog date window produced in a vintage style, complete with the red-tipped crescent moon indicator hand sweeping over the face. Inside this element is a punctuated chronograph minute counter, with applied Breguet hour markers between the quarter hour positions. Then towards the top of the dial is the chronograph 30-minute counter, with running seconds at the 9 o?clock, 12-hour chronograph counter at the bottom, and a moon phase at the 3 o?clock accented with a 0 to 29.5 scale representing the length of a typical lunar cycle.
Lacquered white ?Breguet Losange? steel hands sweep over the face, with a simple pointer used for the chronograph seconds, while white rain drop style hands are used for the chronograph sub-dials and a simple pointer is used for the running seconds. The ...