Angelus chronograph with caliber 215 in stainless steel for the Hungarian Air Force

Beautiful Angelus chronograph with caliber 215 in stainless steel for the Hungarian Air Force

Beautiful stainless steel black gilt round dial Angelus 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 gold rings one for the seconds and a 600 graduated tachymeter.  It is a “Swiss” model. The watch has Arabic numerals and “Feuille” design hands. The hands for the chronograph have a stick style. It is a stainless-steel case with engraved outside “L.E. – Angelus - Acier Inoxydable – 269777”. The L.E. is an abbreviation of the Hungarian Air Force (Legi Er). The watch comes with a winding movement and caliber Angelus 215 and 17 jewels. The watch comes with a brown leather band. 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