Junghans - Max Bill Chronoscope 100 Jahre Bauhaus

One of the most influential schools of avant garde design, the Bauhaus was founded by Walter Gropius in 1919. The movement philosophy had an impact also on Swiss designer Max Bill who began creating wrist watches for Junghans in 1961.

In celebration of the Bauhaus centenary, Junghans has issued the Max Bill Chronoscope 100 Jahre Bauhaus, a limited edition of only 1,000 units.

Its design is based on Max Bill’s original designs which adopted typical features of the Bauhaus building: the red colouring of the hands and the date display is a direct reference to the red entrance door in Dessau.

The 40 mm x 14.4 mm case is crafted from stainless steel and enhanced by an anthracite matt PVD-coating. A convex sapphire crystal with anti-reflection coating on both sides protects the white matt dial with luminous dots and two chronograph counters, displaying 30 minutes and 12 hours at 12 o'clock and 6 o'clock respectively.

The windows of the Bauhaus building depicted on the screwed case back provide a view of the mechanical self-winding movement J880.2 (base‎ ‎ETA 7750) beating at a frequency of 4 Hz (28,800 vph) with a power reserve of 48 hours.

Matched to a grey leather strap and water resistant to 3 bar (30 metres / 100 feet), the Junghans Max Bill Chronoscope 100 Jahre Bauhaus Ref. 027/4902.02 has a price of Euro 1,995. junghans.de