Gerd-Rüdiger Lang introduced the Digiteur without hands in 2005, and its jumping-hour idea now returns dressed in three soft pastels.
Chronoswiss today introduces the Neo Digiteur Pastel Code: three limited editions in Rose, Mint and Sky. The brand calls it a mechanical digital regulator, and each colour is limited to 99 pieces.
Time appears through three windows: a jumping hour at 12 o’clock, sweeping minutes in the centre and sweeping seconds at 6. Each dial is sandblasted, then lacquered, so the pastel colour keeps a matte, lively surface. The rectangular steel case, on a grey or black textile strap, was reimagined at the Atelier Lucerne.
Inside is the hand-wound Caliber C.85757, named after Chronoswiss’s original 1983 postal code, with an in-house module that drives the jumping hour and the two discs. A shaped sapphire window in the case back recalls the rectangular movement of the first Digiteur, from 2005.
Two decades on, Chronoswiss still asks its wearer to read the time, not glance at it.
The Basics
Brand: Chronoswiss
Model: Neo Digiteur Pastel Code (Rose, Mint, Sky)
Reference: CH-1373.2-LR (Rose); CH-1373.2-LG (Mint); CH-1373.2-LB (Sky)
Diameter: 48mm × 30mm
Thickness: 9.7mm
Case material: Stainless steel
Dial: Pastel pink, green or blue; sandblasted brass with lacquer
Water resistance: 5 ATM
Strap: Premium textile, grey or black; steel pin buckle
Limited edition: 99 pieces per colour
The Movement
Calibre: C.85757, with in-house Jumping Hour Digiteur module
Functions: Jumping hour, sweeping minutes, sweeping seconds
Winding: Manual
Power reserve: Approx. 48 hours
Frequency: 3Hz (21,600 vph)
Jewels: 19
Images courtesy of Chronoswiss.