Today we bring you The Three Apes, an amazing piece by Chronoswiss, celebrating their 30th anniversary this year.
Chronoswiss
Chronoswiss was founded by Gerd R. Lang in 1983 with the mission to make the most extraordinary mechanical timepieces.Gerd-R. Lang didn’t want to pick watchmaking as a trade, he was pushed into it by his father and as testament to how often “father knows best”, it turns out that Lang would find himself finally excelling in this venerable craft.
In Switzerland and in apprenticeship at then Heuer (now TAG Heuer), the Brunswick-born native would find himself at the Swiss industry’s major crossroads. Witness to the 1960s quartz crisis that forced closure on many centuries old brands and nearly ended Swiss mechanical watchmaking as an industry, Lang was asked to leave a desperate and rapidly downsizing Heuer where he had spent the better part of 18 years refining his craft.
Henceforth, prior to founding Chronoswiss, Lang had gained significant experience in manufacturing movements for other major brands. His single greatest gift to horology is the crystal case back. First invented in 1982 and now widely copied by all major watchmakers.
Chronoswiss tries to stay exclusive by only producing about 7,000 watches per year. All watches are hand-finished. While many of the movements used in Chronoswiss watches are based on the Enicar 165 movement, the Chronoswiss versions feature significant improvements, both technical and aesthetic. Although a relatively new brand, innovative timepieces have continued to earn Chronoswiss significant respect within both the horological industry, and among collectors. Gerd Lang is well known for his love of detail, and their highly detailed crowns, bezels, and casebands are some of Chronoswiss' distinguishing features and he is very passionate about the past, present and future of the Swiss watch industry,
"I do not build watches for time. Nobody needs a watch, because you have the time in the car, the kitchen and everywhere else. Watches exist so that you can say each morning, “I love my watch.” Mechanical watches last for one or more generations and good watches are passed on to the son. This is what we want to give with our watches".
"I believe in longevity of a timepiece that can last three generations unlike mass manufactured quartz rubbish".The following video showcases the Régulateur 30, a limited edition piece in solid 18ct gold of which only 130 are being created.
In the year of the thirtieth anniversary of the company, Chronoswiss proudly makes its debut at the Only Watch auction. For the first time in the history of the company, it has created an in-house, handcrafted, unique watch featuring various rare crafts and arts.
A unique mechanical wristwatch combining the high arts of skeletonizing, fire enameling and guilloche main, featuring a dial dedicated to "The Three Apes" (hearing, seeing and speaking no evil) and handcrafted with guilloche decor and transparent enamel, as well as a manually wound movement skeletonized by hand.
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| Chronoswiss: The Three Apes |
Catalogue description:
| Chronoswiss “The Three Apes” for Only Watch Chronoswiss, The Three Apes, Ref. CH-6721R-OW2013 Fine and unique, large 18K red gold wristwatch with guilloche enamel dial representing the three apes. Accompanied by fitted box and Certificate. | |
| C. Solid 21-part case in red gold (18-karat), polished, 44mm, height 11.10mm; sapphire crystal with antireflective coating; solid onion-shaped crown; fully threaded, screw-in back with sapphire crystal with antireflective coating; screwed strap-lugs with patented Autobloc system; water-resistant to 3 atmospheres. D. Solid 18K gold dial embellished with guilloche details performed by hand and on top of the guilloche, enameled by hand (dial enameled in several parts, cloisonné); gold-plated hands. M. ETA 6498, manually wound; individualized modification: skeletonized by hand; Ø 16½’’’ (36.6 mm); 17 jewels; Incabloc shock absorber; ca. 40-hour power reserve; 2.5 Hz. 18,000 A/h (semi-oscillations); Glycydur screw-balance; Nivarox 1 flat balance-spring; polished lever, escape-wheel and screws; elaborately and manually skeletonized and engraved base plate, gear-train bridges and balance-clock; polished steel screws; crown wheel and ratchet wheel. | |
| Estimate: 22,000 EUR - 32,000 EUR |
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