Angelus Puts a Tachymeter on Its Vintage-Inspired Monopusher Chronograph

Angelus continues to revive its historical stopwatch designs with the new Chronographe Tachymètre, a trio of compact monopusher watches that follows last year’s Chronographe Télémètre. The new watches share the same case and hand-wound A5000 calibre as their predecessors, but replace the telemeter scale with a tachymeter designed to measure speed – more on the topic of scales here.

Founded in Le Locle in 1891, Angelus became known for complicated watches including repeaters, alarms and chronographs. The current La Fabrique collection uses that history as a creative foundation, reinterpreting watches from the 1930s to the 1950s with modern materials and construction; the recent Tinkler 1958 Quarter Repeater or the Chronographe Télémètre, introduced in 2025, are important examples of that approach. The new Chronographe Tachymètre takes the same basic idea to a field that feels especially natural for a chronograph. And it also connects to our Montre de Souscription 5 x Angelus Chronographe Tachymètre, launched earlier in 2026; the Angelus version, however, uses a different dial design and colour combinations.

The Chronographe Tachymètre comes in an already familiar, 37mm diameter and 9.25mm thick case, brushed and polished, and remains one of the most compact chronographs in modern production. The case is available in 18k yellow gold or stainless steel, with a characteristic curved caseband running from lug to lug. The lugs sweep downwards from the case and twist around the sides to create a distinctly vintage profile. A box-shaped sapphire crystal with anti-reflective treatment on both sides protects the dial. The display caseback lets you view the movement. The single chronograph pusher is integrated into the fluted crown at 3 o’clock, controlling start, stop and reset. Water resistance is 30m.

The main difference from the 2025 Chronographe Télémètre is found on the dial. Instead of a telemeter scale for calculating distance, the new model has a tachymeter scale calibrated to a base of 1,000 and starting at 500 km/h, underscoring the association with fast-moving vehicles. The series launches with three dial options. All share a grained central section, a satin-finished flange and snailed subdials at 3 and 9 o’clock. The yellow-gold reference pairs a golden dial with what the brand calls British racing-green details (more of a brown, according to the images provided). The steel versions come in a coral-pink and steel-grey combination or a pearl-grey centre with petrol-blue subdials and a tachymetre ring. The gold model features gold-toned applied Arabic numerals and markers, while the steel versions use black rhodium-plated. Time is indicated by the rhodium-plated syringe hands with Super-LumiNova.

The watches are powered by Angelus’ hand-wound A5000 calibre, made by sister company La Joux-Perret. It traces back to the THA movement developed in the late 1980s and later known as the Cartier 045MC, famously used in the 1999 Cartier Tortue Monopoussoir. The A5000 uses a column wheel and horizontal clutch with an oscillating-pinion coupling. It runs at 21,600 vibrations/hour and provides a 42-hour power reserve. The movement features a 3N-gold-finished mainplate and bridges, Geneva stripes, circular graining, and polished screws, with the steel chronograph components in contrasting rhodium plating.

Each version is worn on a colour-matched calfskin strap with a pin buckle in matching metal. The yellow-gold watch is paired with sage green leather, while the steel versions receive sepia grey or steel-blue straps.

The gold edition is limited to 15 pieces, while the steel pink-dial and steel grey-dial versions are limited to 30 and 50 pieces, respectively. Prices are CHF 34,600 for the yellow-gold model and CHF 18,500 for either steel version, including VAT. More information at angelus-watches.com.