Chronoswiss expands its Open Gear ReSec collection with the purple-and-black-dialed Open Gear ReSec Voodoo.
Meant to recall “ancient Voodoo rituals” the hand-cut guilloche dial is both dark and somewhat mysterious thanks to both its color and its multi-layer, regulator-style dial layout.
Named for its premier function (ReSec stands for Retrograde Seconds), the watch’s jumping seconds hand operates in a half-circle, leaping from the thirty seconds position back to start its arc to complete counting each minute.
The Open Gear design displays off-center hours (at 12 o’clock position) and a large central minutes hand in addition to the retrograde seconds display at the 6 o’clock position.
In addition to the regulator layout, the Open Gear ReSec Voodoo features all the expected Chronoswiss design codes, including a three-dimensional dial, an onion crown and a fluted bezel.
The watch’s case measures 44mm by 13.35mm and is coated with black DLC that Chronoswiss then decorates with a matte and vertical satin finish.
Here, Chronoswiss allows the viewer to penetrate the dark dial with extra bright Super-LumiNova pillars and an unusual luminous strap, both of which combine to add spooky allure to the limited edition model. 
Chronoswiss creates its One Gear ReSec series with its caliber C. 301, an automatic movement built using an in-house jumping seconds module atop a sturdy ETA 2892 caliber.
Chronoswiss then coats the Open Gear ReSec Voodoo rotor purple to match the dial. The full movement is nicely decorated with Côtes de Genève, a polished pallet lever, escape wheel and screws and perlage-finished bridges and plates.
Chronoswiss will make fifty Open Gear ReSec Voodoo watches, each priced at $12,500.
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