Junghans Meister Chronoscope - 27/4224.02

Sapphire grey and subtle orange accents define the Junghans Meister Chronoscope (ref. 27/4224.02), an automatic chronograph with real character. The sunray-brushed dial moves from soft grey toward a cool blue as the light changes, anthracite subdials set into the signature Meister bowl shape frame muted orange counter hands, and luminous hands keep the time readable around the clock. A mahogany brown ostrich leather strap with a stainless steel buckle completes a color story that feels warm and modern at once.

Turn it over and the 5-times screwed case back with mineral crystal reveals the self-winding J880.1, finished with rhodium plating, a striped rotor bearing an engraved logo, diamond-cut details on the barrel, wheel train and balance bridge, and blued screws. It drives the stop function, 30-minute and 12-hour counters, the date and a German weekday, with up to 48 hours of power reserve while the chronoscope rests. The 40.7 mm polished stainless steel case, 13.9 mm high, is capped by a domed sapphire crystal with anti-reflective treatment, and water resistance up to 5 bar makes it ready for daily wear.

Features

• Sapphire Grey Sunray Dial – shifts between soft grey and cool blue tones, with anthracite subdials.
• Orange Counter Hands – muted orange accents on the bowl-shaped Meister subdials.
• Finished J880.1 Movement – rhodium plating, striped rotor with engraved logo and blued screws, on view through the case back.
• Chronoscope with Day and Date – stop function, 30-minute and 12-hour counters, date and German weekday.
• Mahogany Brown Ostrich Strap – soft, lightweight textured leather with a stainless steel buckle.

Specifications

• Reference: 27/4224.02
• Collection: Meister
• Movement: Self-winding movement calibre J880.1
• Movement Finishing: Rhodium plating, rotor with stripe finishing and engraved logo, diamond cut on barrel, wheel train and balance bridge, blued screws
• Power Reserve: Up to 48 hours (without chronoscope function)
• Functions: Stop function, 30-minute and 12-hour counters, date, weekday
• Weekday Display: German (also available with English weekday display)
• Dial: Sapphire grey with sunray brush, anthracite subdials
• Hands: Hands with luminous substance
• Case: Polished stainless steel
• Case Diameter: 40.7 mm
• Case Height: 13.9 mm
• Case Back: 5-times screwed case back with mineral crystal
• Crystal: Domed, anti-reflective sapphire crystal
• Water Resistance: 5 bar
• Strap/Bracelet: Ostrich leather strap, mahogany brown
• Buckle/Clasp: Stainless steel buckle
• Made in: Schramberg, Germany

Timepiece History

Junghans was founded on April 14, 1861, in Schramberg in Germany's Black Forest, when Erhard Junghans and his brother-in-law, Jakob Zeller-Tobler, set up a firm making parts for large Black Forest clocks; the first complete Junghans clocks followed in 1866. By 1903, Junghans had grown into the largest clock manufacturer in the world, and in 1918 it completed its nine-level terrace building, the Terrassenbau, which today houses the Junghans Terrassenbau Museum. Owned by the Steim family since 2009, Junghans remains based in Schramberg today.

Junghans began producing its own movements in the 1930s, and they became the basis of the Meister watches; the Meister collection was launched in 1936. During the heyday of the mechanical wristwatch, Junghans developed many movements in Schramberg and reserved its finest calibers for the Meister line. In 1956 Junghans ranked among the largest chronometer makers in the world, and in 1957 it introduced the J83, its first automatic chronometer caliber.

In a February 2023 press release titled "Time for Character," Junghans presented this grey-dialed Meister Chronoscope with a mahogany brown ostrich leather strap, adding a new chapter to a line that has offered reliable timekeeping for nearly a century.