Manufacturer
Angelus
Also recorded as: Stolz Frères · Angelus Stolz Frères · Stolz Freres
Le Locle maker of chronographs, calendar and alarm watches and eight-day travel clocks.
Angelus was founded in Le Locle in 1891 by the brothers Albert and Gustav Stolz, trading as Stolz Frères; a third brother, Charles, joined in 1898. The firm made watches and movements and became known for chronographs. Its Chronodato of 1942 was one of the first series-made chronograph wristwatches with a calendar; the Datalarm of the 1950s combined an alarm with a date.
Angelus also made eight-day travel and desk clocks with alarms and weather instruments. The company closed in the quartz era, around 1980 according to most accounts, and the name was revived in 2015 by the movement maker La Joux-Perret.
- Country
- Switzerland
- City / centre
- Le Locle
- Founded
- 1891
- Status
- Revived (2015)
- Key people
- Albert Stolz; Gustav Stolz; Charles Stolz
Innovations & specialities
- Chronodato calendar chronograph (1942)
- Datalarm alarm wristwatch with date (1950s)
- Eight-day travel clocks
Works by Angelus in the catalogue
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Pocket Watches · c. 1935
Angelus pocket watch, Quarter-Repeater, circa 1935
Antiquorum auction archive, Geneva
Wristwatches · c. 1940s
Angelus Chronodato Jumbo Chronograph, Fantastic Condition, circa 1940s
Vintage Watch Specialist (dealer), United Kingdom
Wristwatches · c. 1940s
Angelus Two Register Calibre 215 Chronograph, circa 1940s
Vintage Watch Specialist (dealer), United Kingdom
Wristwatches · c. 1945
Angelus wristwatch, Chronodato Oversize Triple Date, circa 1945
Antiquorum auction archive, Geneva
Wristwatches · c. 1948
Angelus wristwatch, ref. 28, Chronograph Minute Counter, circa 1948
Antiquorum auction archive, Geneva
Wristwatches · 1950s
Angelus Cal. 215 L.E. Hungarian Air Force, 1950s
S.Song Watches (dealer), Seattle
Clocks · c. 1950
Angelus Retailed by Gobbi, Milano, c. 1950
Antiquorum auction archive, Geneva
Wristwatches · c. 1950
Angelus wristwatch, circa 1950
Antiquorum auction archive, Geneva
Wristwatches · c. 1950
Angelus wristwatch, Swiss Crhronodato, circa 1950
Antiquorum auction archive, Geneva
Wristwatches · 1960s
Angelus Medical Mono-Pusher Chronograph, 1960s
Craft & Tailored (dealer), Los Angeles
Wristwatches · 1960s
Angelus wristwatch, 1960s
Antiquorum auction archive, Geneva
Wristwatches · c. 1960
Angelus wristwatch, ref. 10/11, Datalarm with Angelus Bell Logo On the Dial, circa 1960
Antiquorum auction archive, Geneva
Linked through the Atlas maker authority list, which reconciles the spellings used by different institutions. Attributions are as stated by each holding institution or auction house.
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Magazine features
- The Wrist Chronograph, 1913–1975: Monopushers, Compax and the Race to the Automatic
How a stopwatch was moved to the wrist, given a second pusher, calendars and slide rules, and finally an automatic winding rotor in 1969 — told through nineteen chronographs in the catalogue, from an Omega sold in 1913 to a Lemania made for the British forces.
- The Cuckoo Clock: A History of the Black Forest Clock, from Wooden Wheels to the Railway House
Who invented the cuckoo clock, why it is German rather than Swiss, how the two-note call is made, and how to date one — told through painted shield clocks, automata and carved hunting pieces in the collections of the German Clock Museum in Furtwangen and other museums.
