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Angelus puts a 500 km/h scale on a 37 mm pink chronograph

The Chronographe Tachymètre Steel Pink gives its monopusher a highly specialised speed scale, then keeps the case compact and the dial unexpectedly soft.

Hen & Mills Editorial · 4 min read · 10 October 2026

• The Angelus Chronographe Tachymètre Steel Pink is a 30-piece, 37 mm monopusher that measures speed over a fixed distance.
• Its base-1,000 tachymeter begins at 500 km/h, set around a coral-pink grained dial with contrasting grey chronograph registers.
• Angelus lists a CHF 18,500 Swiss guide price and sells through retailers; it does not show an Australian dollar price.

A scale that asks you to travel a measured distance

Most chronographs let the seconds hand do something useful, yet the scales printed around it often feel like inherited decoration. Angelus has made the scale the point of this watch: it reads speed over one kilometre or one mile, and its first marking is a remarkable 500 km/h. The brand's 2025 Chronographe Télémètre won the chronograph prize at the Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève; here the question changes from distance to velocity. The result is the Angelus Chronographe Tachymètre Steel Pink.

The scale starts so high that ordinary motoring will use only part of its range. Angelus calibrates it to a base of 1,000, which means starting the chronograph at the beginning of the measured distance and stopping it at the end. The central hand then points to the speed in kilometres or miles per hour. That is a specific instrument, rather than an all-purpose promise of motorsport credibility. I like that the brand explains the measurement, because the large numerals alone might otherwise suggest this is just racing theatre.

Coral pink inside a 37 mm instrument

The steel case measures 37 mm across and 9.25 mm thick. Angelus calls it the slimmest and most compact model in its current collections, a claim that matters here because a large tachymeter could easily turn a chronograph into a broad dial with a case attached. There is a box sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating on both sides, a flat sapphire window on the back, and 3 bar of water resistance. That rating invites care around water; this is a fine chronograph to wind and read, not a swimming watch.

Move in from the scale and the dial changes the temperature of the whole instrument. Angelus describes its colour as coral pink, with steel-grey accents and a grained surface. The small-seconds and 30-minute counters are snailed, giving the registers a different texture from the surrounding dial, while the applied markers and Arabic numerals carry a black finish on this steel version. The colour is much closer to a piece of faded coral than to a glossy confection, at least in the brand's own photographs. It softens a fairly serious technical layout without hiding it.

There is an interesting tension in the arrangement. The speed scale wants a crisp glance at the outer edge; the pink field and grey counters invite a slower look through the middle. I was ready to think the colour would make the tachymeter feel like a novelty, but the black markers and defined register edges keep it legible in the supplied images. A judgement about real-world legibility needs the watch in hand and changing light. The photographs can show the design, not settle that test.

One pusher, a full chronograph

The chronograph pusher sits within the crown, so start, stop and reset are handled from one position instead of two separate buttons on the case flank. Angelus uses the A5000 movement, with a column wheel and horizontal clutch operating the chronograph. Its 30-minute counter sits at three o'clock, while the small seconds occupy the other register. A 3 Hz frequency and 42-hour power reserve are the published figures. The movement itself is 4.20 mm thick, one reason the finished watch can stay relatively slim.

Turn it over and the movement offers a different sort of colour balance. Angelus gives the bridges and mainplate a gilded finish while the chronograph mechanism is rhodium plated. The calibre has 23 jewels, and the brand says it has evolved over time without abandoning its original architecture. Those are details worth seeing through the sapphire back, rather than assuming the interesting part is only on the dial. The supplied rear photograph is useful precisely because it shows how much room the movement occupies within that compact case.

The sepia-grey strap and steel pin buckle keep the watch's palette quieter than its name might suggest. Angelus also shapes the case band in a curve from lug to lug, with lugs that sweep down and appear to twist along the sides. We cannot infer comfort from a packshot, but the photographed profile makes a stronger case for this being worn as a small watch than a diameter figure could make on its own. The unusual scale is the headline, yet the proportions are what let it remain a watch rather than a dashboard dial.

Angelus Chronographe Tachymètre Steel Pink pricing and availability

Angelus limits this steel and pink reference, 0CHCS.P02A.V1156S, to 30 pieces and directs buyers to its retailer network. Its Swiss guide price is CHF 18,500; the brand's regional price data also lists US$23,600 excluding tax and £19,500 for the United Kingdom. Angelus has not listed an Australian dollar price on the product page. At that money, the scale has to be more than a decorative flourish. Here it is a coherent reason to give the chronograph one pusher, a compact case and a dial that rewards a second look.