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Chronoswiss

From its Lucerne atelier, Chronoswiss celebrates the mechanical soul of horology through regulator dials, onion crowns and exquisite hand guilloché.

1983
Since 1983

Measured in time.

Founded by Gerd Rüdiger Lang.

Master watchmaker Gerd Rüdiger Lang founded Chronoswiss in Munich in 1983, devoting the house entirely to mechanical watchmaking.
The Story

Chapters of Chronoswiss

I

The Régulateur of 1987 was the world's first serially produced wristwatch with a regulator dial, introducing the onion crown, straight lugs and fluted bezel.

II

In 1991 the Kairos Chronograph became the first automatic chronograph with a decentralised hour and minute display.

III

In 2012 Swiss entrepreneur Oliver Ebstein and his family acquired Chronoswiss and moved the house to its atelier in Lucerne.

IV

Since 2014 an in house Guilloché and Enamelling Atelier in Lucerne has crafted the hand guilloché dials of the modern collection.

The Signature

The Régulateur

The onion crown winds and the regulator's long minute hand sweeps the guilloché.

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Where to find them
Lucerne, Switzerland
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