Latest Cyrus Klepcys DICE Saffron In Shades Of Orange And Green

The Cyrus Klepcys Double Independent Chronograph, marked a new milestone in modern chronography when it was introduced in 2021.

The name DICE is the acronym of Double Independent Chronograph Evolution and indicates a new evolution of the traditional chronograph, which allows two-time intervals to be measured independently or in synchrony, developed by master watchmaker Jean-François Mojon, the mastermind behind all Cyrus Geneva creations.

Powered by the outstanding self-winding manufacture movement, calibre CYR718, Klepcys DICE Saffron is equipped with an unprecedented double independent monopusher chronograph. Crafted in a 42 mm cushion-shaped case in polished/brushed grade 5 titanium, this creation is completed by an orange Cordura fabric strap with a titanium folding clasp or with an integrated satin finished titanium bracelet with polished hexagonal central links. The latest Klepcys DICE Saffron is a 50-piece limited edition per version.

The Klepcys DICE Saffron chronograph can measure the times between two consecutive runners or racing drivers. A similar situation occurs in car rallies, where it is common to use two independent chronographs. The latest timepiece makes this operation easier thanks to the two monopusher crowns, which are essential to avoid any unwanted manipulation.

The timepiece features the iconic cushion-shaped case with elongated lugs on the case body, a three-dimensional bezel with rounded corners, and symmetrical twin crowns. Assembly of the case is a complex process involving no less than 26 polished and satin-finish parts. It comes in polished/brushed grade 5 titanium case, 42 mm in diameter and 16.5 mm in thickness and is water resistant to 10 atm.

The 3D architecture of the open-worked display is a key-feature in all the Swiss Maison’s watches. It is a meditated approach and designed to allow the chronograph mechanism to be seen in action from the dial side, from which the two column wheels are clearly visible. Thanks to the clever solution of a two-colour scheme, saffron orange and bright green, it is easy to read the recorded elapsed time intervals at first glance.

The Arabic numerals displaying the time, coated with white Super-Lumi-Nova emitting blue-glow, are applied to a transparent sapphire crystal ring with bevelled and polished edge. Interrupted at 12 and 6 o’clock, it allows a full view of the column wheels, and at 3 and 9 o’clock it makes room for the chrono counter and small seconds, both crafted in smoked sapphire crystal.

Klepcys DICE Saffron is powered by the manufacture self-winding movement, calibre CYR1718, comprising 443 components, beating at 28,800 vibrations/hour, with a single barrel offering 55 hour power reserve at full charge. It is equipped with two independent chronograph movements and two display axes: one corresponds to the chronograph seconds and the second to the 30minute counter of the double chronograph. The chronographs are activated by two column wheels, which in turn activate the different levers and couplings that move the seconds and 30minute chronograph display.

It is worth noting that since the chronograph mechanism is visible on the dial side, the movement has been reversed. Its symmetrical design offers a fascinating view of the two column wheels that are the ‘heart’ of this complication.

Technical Specifications:

Ref. 539.508.TT.C (titanium/Cordura)
Ref. 539.508.TTM.C (titanium/Bracelet)

Movement

Manufacture self-winding movement, calibre CYR718
Dimensions: 36.00 mm Ø x 11.65 mm thickness
Components: 443 total – 218 correspond to the chronograph module
Number of Jewels: 51 total – 17 correspond to the chronograph module
Variable inertia balance wheel
Frequency: 4 Hz
Vibrations per hour: 28,800
Swiss lever escapement
Rhodium-plated barrel with snailed ratchet wheel, Cyrus logo and inscription filled with black lacquer
Power reserve: 55-hour
Two microbeaded black PVD mainplates
Bridges: grey anthracite NAC galvanic treatment, decorated with embossed sunray pattern with satin and microbeaded finishing, hand-bevelled profiles
Open-worked monobloc rotor with a sunray pattern, engraved with ‘The Conquest of Innovation’, open-worked central medallion with Cyrus helix logo in 18K 4N gold

Functions

Central hours and minutes
Small seconds at 9 o’clock
30-minute counter of the double independent chronograph at 3 o’clock, double hands in orange and green

Case

Cushion-shaped case made of 26 parts
Grade 5 polished/brushed titanium
Diameter: 42 mm excluding the crowns
Thickness: 16.5 mm
Crown at 3 o’clock: position 1 to wind the movement; position 2 to adjust time + pusher for activation of chronograph No. 1 (start-stop-reset)
Crown at 9 o’clock: pusher to activate chronograph No. 2 (start-stop-reset)
Decoration of crowns: engraved Cyrus logo, black rubber ring embossed with grooves and orange anodised aluminium ring on crown at 3 o’clock corresponding to chronograph No. 1; green anodised aluminium ring at 9 o’clock corresponding to chronograph No. 2
Sapphire crystal on dial side: anti-reflective treatment on both sides
Case back: sapphire crystal, sealed with customised screws with Cyrus logo
Engraving “Limited Edition ONE of 50”
Water-resistance: 10 ATM (100 m – 330 ft)

Dial

3D open-worked dial
Sapphire crystal hour ring with anti-reflective treatment on both sides, bevelled and polished edges, Arabic numerals with white Super-LumiNova with blue light emissions
Minute markers on black PVD flange treated with white Super-LumiNova with blue glow
Flange with double scale corresponding to chronograph with 5-minute intervals in orange and green
Open-worked hour and minute hands, rhodium-plated with polished edges, treated with white Super-LumiNova with blue glow
Small seconds counter at 9 o’clock: anti-reflective smoked sapphire crystal glass with orange profile and orange lacquered Arabic numerals at 15-second intervals surmounted by a microblasted rhodium-plated ring, helix small seconds hand with luminescent tip (white Super-LumiNova with blue glow)
30-minute counter at 3 o’clock: anti-reflective smoked sapphire crystal glass with orange profile, markers at 5-minute intervals, two specular hands in orange and green with double indications at 15/30 minutes in same colour corresponding to the two independent chronographs
Central chronograph seconds hands: orange hand with reset at 12 o’clock, green with reset at 6 o’clock
Bridges over the chronograph counter and small seconds with orange lacquer profile • Lacquered column wheels: orange at 12 o’clock and green at 6 o’clock

Strap

Orange Cordura fabric strap with personalised grade 5 titanium folding clasp
Integrated bracelet in brushed grade 5 titanium with polished central hexagonal links