Into The Blue With The New Chronoswiss Open Gear ReSec

The Chronoswiss Flying Grand Regulator Open Gear Retrograde Second, or for brevity's sake, the ReSec, is the latest edition to Chronoswiss’ Open Gear collection and is perhaps the most eye-catching to date with its all-blue design.

Let’s start with the hands, the Open Gear ReSec’s retrograde second hand holds center stage as it travels in a half-circle from 4 o’clock to 8 o’clock every 30 seconds before jumping back and starting over. “This ‘jump back in time’ takes a millisecond, and the precision of the watch is well within the +/- 5 seconds per day,” says Maik Panziera, Chronoswiss Head of Design. The seconds are joined by an off-centered hour display at 12 o’clock and a central minute hand. All the hands come in Chronoswiss’ much loved gold-plated Trigano shape, enhanced with Super-LumiNova inlays and tips.
 

This electric blue design continues across the 44mm stainless steel case and onion-shaped crown thanks to a CVD coating that brings this dramatic color scheme to the whole timepiece. Turn the timepiece over, and a skeletonized blue rotor with a Côtes de Genève decoration continues the blue theme. The case is also water-resistant to 100 meters, making it tough as well as beautiful.
 

The Open Gear ReSec is powered by the automatic Caliber C.301 that has a 42-hour power reserve and a stop-seconds function for exact time setting. The finishing and engineering solutions are at a level rarely found in watches at this price point, as can be seen with the finishing of the bridges holding the retrograde complication in place with matte sandblasting, chamfered edges, and polished surfaces. Also of note is that this is the first time that the Open Gear collection has paired a 44mm sized case with an automatic movement.
 

(Images provided by Chronoswiss)