Chronoswiss

Flying Regulator Manufacture

Reference Number :

CH-1245.3-BKBK

Series : Heritage

Retail: $9,570

(As of: 04/2025)

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Quick TakeThis Chronoswiss isn't just telling time; it's staging a performance on your wrist. Forget flat, boring dials – the Flying Regulator Manufacture is all about depth and drama. The hour and second sub-dials literally float above that intricate guilloche base, creating a three-dimensional spectacle framed by the tough, dark DLC-coated case. It’s like industrial design met classical watchmaking and decided to put on a show. Peek through the back, and the C.122 manufacture movement continues the visual feast with its detailed finishing – Geneva stripes, circular graining, the works. It’s a proper engine room back there. The whole package, with that distinct regulator layout separating time into its core components, feels both technically fascinating and visually arresting. It’s got a bit of steampunk edge meets modern precision, a conversation starter that respects tradition while forging its own path. The hand-bent minute hand? Pure craft appreciation.

DescriptionThe timepiece utilizes a case constructed from stainless steel enhanced with a Diamond-Like Carbon (DLC) coating, measuring 40 mm in diameter and 11.80 mm in height. Comprising 28 distinct components, the case architecture features a combination of finishes, incorporating partly polished surfaces alongside areas with a vertical satin finish. An onion-style crown facilitates time-setting and winding operations. Securing the front aperture is a polished screw-down bezel, engineered with a full thread and side knurling, housing a curved sapphire crystal treated with an anti-reflective coating. The rear aspect is sealed by a screw-down case back, notable for its satin finish and an integrated flat sapphire crystal for movement observation. Water resistance is rated at 3 bar, equivalent to approximately 30 meters, ensuring protection against incidental water contact. The lug spacing accommodates a strap width of 20 mm.

Powering the watch is the Manufacture caliber C.122, an automatic movement operating at a frequency of 3 Hz, or 21,600 alternations per hour. This mechanism incorporates 30 jewels and provides a power reserve of approximately 45 hours. Movement decoration includes a circular-grained main plate, bridges adorned with Geneva Stripes and featuring circular-grained offsets, gold-plated engravings and jewel settings, along with a polished lever, escape wheel, and screws. The rotor, responsible for automatic winding, is rhodium-plated, skeletonised, engraved with Geneva Stripes, and mounted on a ball bearing system for efficiency. Time indication follows a regulator format: off-centre hours are displayed via a sub-dial at the 12 o'clock position, minutes are indicated centrally, and small seconds are shown on a sub-dial at 6 o'clock. The dial itself presents an elaborate, multi-level construction; a galvanised base level features a signature guilloche pattern, while the upper level elements, including the floating minute track and sub-dials, have a satin finish and are affixed using screwed plinths, creating significant visual depth. Hands are "Poire Stuart" shape, rhodium-plated with a diamond cut finish or lacquered, and curved, with the minute hand meticulously bent by hand. The watch is fitted with an embossed calfskin strap featuring red lining leather, secured by either a pin buckle or a folding clasp.

GenderMen

SignaturesChronoswiss

Country of OriginSwitzerland

Case Size40 mm

MovementAutomatic

CaliberC.122

FunctionsHours, Minutes, Seconds, Regulator

Power Reserve45 Hours

Case MaterialsStainless Steel, DLC

Bezel MaterialsStainless Steel, DLC

Lug MaterialsStainless Steel, DLC

Case BackSapphire Crystal