Angelus chronodato with caliber 215 in gold and stainless steel from the late 1950’s

Angelus chronodato with caliber 215 in gold and stainless steel from the late 1950’s

Beautiful gold fiilled and stainless-steel cream round dial Angelus Chronodato with two sub dials with minutes at 3 o’clock and seconds at 9 o’clock. On the outer of the dial, you have 2 beautiful rings one for the seconds and one for the date.  At 12 o’clock you have the window for the month and 6 o’clock for the day. It is a “Swiss” model. The watch has gold Arabic numerals and “Feuille” design hands. The hand for the date has a red arrow. It is a stainless-steel case with engraved outside “318474” and inside “Fond Acier Inoxydable”. The watch comes with a winding movement and caliber Angelus 215 and 17 jewels. The watch comes with a brand-new blue lizard Camille Fournet strap. Very collectable timepiece.

History

The company was founded n 1891 by the Stolz brothers in the city "Le Locle". By 1914, the jury of the Swiss national exhibition in Bern had awarded the Angelus company a Grand Prix. At that time, Angelus already offered pocket watches as well as wristwatches. In 1942, Angelus presents its own column wheel chronograph for the wrist, which was distinguished by a date hand and a month/day indication. The new “Chronodato” makes Angelus a cutting edge company and the main source of income. In 1957 comes an automatic quarter repeating wristwatch on the base of the AS 1580 caliber. Then came the “Tinkler” with only 100 pieces produced. In 1978, the company launch a hand wound watch based on the ETA 2801 caliber. I also would like not to forget the famous Angelus 215 caliber.

Technical details

Manual winding movement, 60s, 45mm, with caliber Angelus 215 with 17 jewels, 18,000 semi-oscillations/hour.

Measurements

Diameter excluding winding crown: 38mm


Length including lugs: 47mm