Angelus fits a tachymeter to its compact monopusher chronograph trio

Angelus has added a tachymeter to its compact monopusher chronograph, launching the Chronographe Tachymètre in three limited editions. Two cases are stainless steel and one is 18k yellow gold. The gold watch is capped at 15 pieces, the steels at 30 and 50.

The price and the predecessor

Prices are CHF 34,600 for the yellow-gold reference and CHF 18,500 for either steel version, VAT included. The watches follow last year's Chronographe Télémètre, which won at the Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève. They keep that model's case and calibre, changing only the scale.

The new tachymeter replaces the telemeter used for measuring distance, and it is calibrated to a base of 1,000 with markings starting at 500 km/h. The brand frames the change as a step toward fast-moving vehicles, giving the watch a more overtly sporting character.

The dial and the tachymeter

Each dial pairs a grained central section with a satin-finished flange and snailed subdials at three and nine o'clock. The layout is a bi-register chronograph with central seconds, a 30-minute totalizer and running seconds for timekeeping. Lume dots are around the markers and on the hands.

The gold reference carries a gold-tone dial with what Angelus calls British racing-green details, a shade the brand's own images render closer to brown. The steel models split between a coral-pink dial with steel-grey accents and a pearl-grey centre with petrol-blue subdials and tachymeter ring.

Numerals and markers are applied. The gold watch uses gold-toned Arabic numerals, while both steel references get black rhodium-plated markers. Rhodium-plated syringe hands show the time and carry Super-LumiNova. The tachymeter track is single rather than double, and the contrast brightens the space between subdials.

The case and the movement

The case measures 37mm across and 9.25mm thick, which Angelus positions as among the most compact chronographs in modern production. It is brushed and polished, with a curved caseband running from lug to lug. The lugs sweep downward and twist around the sides for a distinctly vintage profile.

A box-shaped sapphire crystal with anti-reflective treatment on both faces protects the dial, and the display back reveals the movement. The single chronograph pusher sits inside the fluted crown at three o'clock, controlling start, stop and reset in sequence. Water resistance is 30 meters.

The hand-wound A5000 calibre is made by sister company La Joux-Perret. It traces its lineage to the THA movement of the late 1980s, later known as the Cartier 045MC and used in the 1999 Cartier Tortue Monopoussoir. The watch is not chronometer certified.

The A5000 uses a column wheel and a horizontal clutch with an oscillating-pinion coupling. It runs at 21,600 vibrations per hour, or 3 Hz, for a 42-hour power reserve. The movement measures 24mm across and 4.2mm thick, with a 3N gold-finished mainplate and bridges.

Geneva stripes, circular graining and polished screws finish the movement, while the steel chronograph components wear contrasting rhodium plating. The watch runs in line with what this publication has seen on other Angelus limited editions, where the prices have held to the same bracket.

Angelus was founded in Le Locle in 1891 and built its name on repeaters, alarms and chronographs. Its current La Fabrique collection mines that archive, reworking watches from the 1930s through the 1950s with modern materials. The Tinkler 1958 Quarter Repeater is another recent example.

The Chronographe Tachymètre also connects to the Montre de Souscription 5 piece built with Monochrome earlier in 2026, which used a double-tracked tachymeter in a more vintage register. The Angelus version takes a different dial design and set of colour combinations, leaning into midcentury racing watches.

Each watch ships on a colour-matched calfskin strap with a pin buckle in matching metal. The gold model gets sage-green leather, while the two steel references come on sepia grey and steel-blue straps. Watches reach buyers through Angelus's dealer network.

The tachymeter references carry model numbers 0CHCQ.H01A.V1168Q for gold, 0CHCS.P02A.V1156S for the salmon steel and 0CHCS.U01A.V1155S for the grey steel. All three keep the same case architecture as the Télémètre, which we have covered as part of our watches jewelry reporting.

The single-track tachymeter is the clearest visual departure from the Télémètre. Where the 2025 watch measured distance, this one measures speed, and the change relocates the watch toward racing. The contrast between the track and the subdials also widens what felt crowded on the earlier model.

Availability begins through the brand's retailer network, and Angelus has not disclosed a scheduled end to the run beyond the fixed edition sizes. The pieces are limited by construction, not by a closing date. More detail is published at angelus-watches.com.