Model History
Presented in 2015, the U10 Tourbillon Lumière is the model with which Angelus marked its official return to the market, after more than thirty years of inactivity following the quartz crisis. Unlike many "resurrections" of historic brands, the new Angelus has no direct industrial continuity with the original manufacture: the project was built entirely in the workshops of La Joux-Perret, the same team that also produces Arnold & Son.
The stylistic choice was deliberately radical: an avant-garde case 62.75 mm wide in BO-988 steel (described as more resistant than traditional 316L), seven anti-reflective sapphire crystals and, at the center of the dial, a 16.25 mm flying tourbillon cage made the absolute centerpiece of the design. The hand-wound A100 calibre houses twin barrels providing a 90-hour power reserve, a high figure for a one-minute tourbillon.
Produced in an extremely limited series of 25 pieces, the U10 Tourbillon Lumière was explicitly conceived for an audience of expert collectors and pure-watchmaking enthusiasts, more than for a general market — a technical and aesthetic manifesto for the reborn Angelus.
Technical Specifications
Main Executions
The new Angelus born in 2011 is not a direct continuation of the original 19th-century manufacture, but a project built from scratch by La Joux-Perret around the brand's name and historical legacy: the U10 Tourbillon Lumière was the first watch to publicly carry this new identity.