Unlike the films, it’s not so much a Return of the Pink Panther situation but the arrival of the Purple Panther, with the new variation on Chronoswiss’ Flying Regulator Open Gear.

The new Open Gear Purple Panther comes in a black 41mm DLC-coated case and this time, the CVD (Chemical Vapor Deposition)-coated guilloché dial is in a bright bold purple.

The dial has two levels – the first is the guilloché dial. The other is the ‘open’ part of the name – skeletonised train wheel bridges and skeletonised gear mounted onto the dial, along with the lumed hours and seconds hands ‘regulator’ style. The hours are at 12 o’clock, the minutes are the large centre hand, and the small seconds is at 6 o’clock.

The case is 13.85mm thick and has a combination of polished and vertical satin finishing, and is water resistant to 100m. The bezel is partially knurled, and there is an onion crown.

Powering it is the Chronoswiss automatic Calibre C. 299, which has a CVD-coated purple rotor with Côtes de Genève, beats at 28,800 VPH, and a power reserve of 42 hours.

Coming on a Codura strap, it is limited to fifty pieces and has an RRP of CHF 10,600.

[Photo credit: Chronoswiss]

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