Angelus releases a new collection with the Flying Tourbillon Titanium, adopting the maison’s signature open work style and a new hand-wound caliber.
Press Release information with commentary in italics.
New: Angelus Flying Tourbillon Titanium, Blue Edition
Pricing of the Angelus Flying Tourbillon Titanium is as follows:
– Titanium bracelet (including alligator and rubber straps): CHF 47,000
– Alligator strap (including rubber strap): CHF 45,000
Limited Edition of 25 pieces. Prices shown are retail prices after applicable Swiss taxes.
Commentary
This novelty is the second in Angelus’ contemporary collection, following the Chronodate in 2023. The Flying Tourbillon Titanium, Blue Edition features a carbon composite case, surrounded by titanium with a flying tourbillon at 6 o’clock.
The movement, caliber A-310 is new, and is hand wound with 60 hours of power reserve. The launch edition is finished in blue and is visible through the open work disl with large floating Arabic hour markers.
The visual of the watch demonstrates what Angelus calls the dynamic tension between the circle and openworking. The blue, skeletonised movement parts contrast visually with the rest of the display, and this tension becomes especially evident in the lume photograph.
Release details
Angelus introduces a new collection that plays with the tension between the circle and openworking. Flying Tourbillon Titanium adopts the architecture of the house’s contemporary case, consisting of a carbon composite container surrounded by a titanium case middle with a notched bezel. Inside, Angelus has installed a new hand-wound movement, the A-310 calibre, equipped with a flying tourbillon at 6 o’clock. Large Arabic numerals float between the sapphire crystal and the PVD-treated bridges, adding rhythm and lightness to Flying Tourbillon Titanium. The inaugural version is clad in blue, from the movement to the flange and the interchangeable alligator-leather and rubber straps.
Flying Tourbillon Titanium marks the second instalment of Angelus’ contemporary series. Two years after the launch of Chronodate, the brand has fitted its now famous and instantly recognisable titanium case with a flying tourbillon calibre. This contemporary vision can be seen in all the aesthetic elements of this 42.5 mm diameter timepiece.
There is dynamism in the Arabic numerals suspended between the flange and the movement. Dynamism in the interplay between solids and voids. Dynamism in the openings in the movement that allow light to enter. Dynamism in the different levels and depths. And there is dynamism in the way the calibre is structured around juxtaposed circles. It has all been given a blue PVD treatment for this inaugural edition.
Dynamic hues
The design of Flying Tourbillon Titanium is underpinned by the contrast between the coloured bridges, flange and minute circle, on the one hand, and the generous use of white Super-LumiNova on the imposing Arabic numerals, on the other. The overall effect enhances the rhodium plating of the movement’s functional parts.
The openworked three-armed wheels, a signature of Angelus watches, each interlock and lead to the most dynamic element: the flying tourbillon. Its carriage bridge is angled at 160 degrees, creating an asymmetry that further emphasises the technical rhythm of Flying Tourbillon Titanium.
Dynamic layers
The case is made up of two parts. The first – a lightweight, rigid carbon composite container – protects the movement. The second is formed of six main titanium elements that surround the container and keep it in place.
The openworked case middle widens towards the crown, which bears the Angelus logo. The sapphire crystal is surrounded by a 12-notched bezel, while the faceted lugs hold the interchangeable bracelet system in place. Both the single-row titanium bracelet and matte blue alligator leather strap versions of Flying Tourbillon Titanium come with an additional blue rubber strap.
Dynamic gear train
This modular construction houses an updated version of Angelus’ historical A-300 calibre. The A-310 calibre is built around a series of circles – its mainplate and bridges – and has an openworked structure. The small seconds at 9 o’clock visually balances the large barrel situated between 12 and 1 o’clock and the flying tourbillon located at 6 o’clock.
With a comfortable power reserve of 60 hours, the A-310 hand-wound calibre provides Flying Tourbillon Titanium with a mechanism worthy of its aesthetic ambitions and that measures up to Angelus’ history.
Angelus Flying Tourbillon Titanium, Blue Edition Technical specifications
Functions hours, minutes, small seconds
Movement Calibre A-310, hand-wound mechanical, one-minute flying tourbillon * Jewels 23 * Diameter 32.80 mm * Thickness 4.30 mm * Power reserve 60 hours * Frequency 4 Hz/28,800 vph
Finishes mainplate: sunray-brushed, chamfered and polished with blue PVD treatment * bridges: sunray-brushed, chamfered and polished with blue PVD treatment * wheels: circular-grained * tourbillon carriage: circular-grained and rhodium-plated * tourbillon bridge: block-polished and chamfered
Dial flange with blue PVD treatment appliqués and hour hands with Super-LumiNova
Case Material chamber: carbon composite bezel, crown and monobloc case middle: titanium, satin-finished surfaces, polished chamfers
