Geneva, Switzerland (October 16, 2024) – Angelus reveals two new editions of the Swiss watchmaker’s vintage-inspired chronograph, the Instrument de Vitesse. Limited to just 25 pieces each, the Indianapolis and Silverstone editions join Angelus’ La Fabrique collection, which honors and reinterprets famed Angelus vintage models. The new Angelus Instrument de Vitesse Indianapolis and Silverstone editions make their debut just days ahead of the WatchTime New York collector event in Manhattan, where the brand will exhibit the models for hands-on experiences on October 18-20 at Gotham Hall.
Matte and refined with vintage style: The Angelus Instrument de Vitesse presents the purest expression of a chronograph, with no sub-counters. The collection sets the tone with its Indianapolis blue and Silverstone grey dials. Its finely printed tachymeter scale is dedicated to speed and is as functional as a dashboard instrument.
Things are not always what they seem. At first glance, Instrument de Vitesse could be a highly refined three-hand watch. Only its discreet tachymeter scale, printed on the edge of the dial, and its name point us in the right direction: this is a chronograph designed for short bursts, an instrument for measuring average speed over a maximum period of 60 seconds. The purpose of the button on the crown thus becomes clear: a single push-piece that triggers the slender direct-drive central seconds hand.
Velvety smooth
The La Fabrique family of timepieces, dedicated to reinterpreting historical Angelus classics, presents this chronograph in two editions each limited to 25 timepieces. Following ebony and ivory dials, Instrument de Vitesse showcases two essential colors in the watchmaking palette, named in reference to its tachymeter function: Indianapolis blue and Silverstone grey.
These two editions come with a tone-on-tone nubuck strap in the same color as the dial.
Easy to read
Instrument de Vitesse is housed in a 39 mm diameter steel case measuring just 9.27 mm thick. It features a dial divided into two functional zones. The first, peripheral zone presents the tachymeter scale, graduated from 60 to 500 (km/h) with a base metric of 1,000 (typically one kilometer). The second, immediately adjacent zone is dedicated to the time display, with a graduated minutes circle. The typefaces are fine, in elegant cursive, and the colors have just the right amount of contrast to make them easy to read.
Manufacture movement
Inside Instrument de Vitesse, Angelus operates its own chronograph movement. The A5000 caliber is entirely produced by Manufacture La Joux-Perret, Angelus’ sister company. Presented in this manually wound version without totalizers, the movement offers a reduced thickness of just 4.20 mm. Set to a frequency of 3 Hz, it functions by way of a column wheel and horizontal clutch, like a chronograph from the 1950s.
ABOUT ANGELUS
Founded in 1891 in Switzerland, Angelus has been widely hailed by watchmaking connoisseurs as one of the most influential horological manufactures of the 20th century. Angelus’ pioneering, house-made movements and vintage timepieces continue to be coveted by collectors all over the world. The recently revived Angelus Manufacture is fully equipped to design, produce, finish, assemble, regulate, and test its entire line of house-made movements and timepieces. The Angelus collection blends the very best of classic high watchmaking with ultra-modern design and materials, as evidenced by the Chronodate, a chronograph for a new Angelus era with a cutting-edge dial and modular case, the U20 Ultra-Skeleton Tourbillon with its sapphire mainplate, the U21 Tourbillon, which features a combination of carbon-fiber and 18-karat gold, and the U50 Diver Tourbillon, with its titanium case and superior water-resistance up to 300 meters. angelus-watches.com