Last year Chronoswiss reintroduced their no hand regulator wristwatch in the form of the Neo Digiteur to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the original Digiteur that was launched in 2005. For 2026 they are revisiting the collection with a suite of new pastel colours that we’ve been hands-on with. Without further ado, let’s meet the Chronoswiss Neo Digiteur Pastel Code limited edition.
Jumping straight to the dials they are available in new pastel colours of Rose, Mint and Sky, which are pink, green and blue respectively. Each of them feels light and delicate with just enough of a pop to turn heads and draw attention. The tone of the colours across the whole display is extremely consistent and has been produced with matte lacquer over a sandblasted base, which what gives it the subtle frosted texture.
We’ve seen shades similar to these before through models like the Oris Cotton Candy Divers but to my mind the Chronoswiss executes on the idea better. The Oris is a tool watch, a diver, so the delicacy of the colours has always been something of a juxtaposition, but here the colours work in harmony with the dressy personality of the watch. It’s stylish and a little bit exuberant making me think of those style-forward summer events like Royal Ascot or Henley Regatta. I can imagine it paired with a matching pastel blazer or as a way for a man in a suit to pair with a lady’s dress.
Strapping on the Neo Digiteur Pastel Code, it’s quite big for a rectangular watch: it measures 48mm in length with a 30mm width and a 9.7mm thickness. That works in the watch’s favour. It gives you a reassuring heft on the wrist because it’s made from stainless steel and if like me you are someone who is more comfortable in a tool watch rather than a dress watch, this still gives you some of that feel on the wrist. Though with 50m water resistance, certainly don’t treat it as such. The shape has a lovely curving arc from lug-to-lug and it also has visible lug screws that push it in more of a modern aesthetic direction rather than discrete and classical.
While the watch is on, let’s talk about the display in more detail. At the top you have the jump hour window which changes once per hour, on the hour. Below the Chronoswiss logo in the centre of the dial is the trailing minutes, a continually rotating disk that tells you how far through the current hour you are. Then, at the bottom and above the limited edition number is the seconds indicator. The fact that each of the hours, minutes and seconds has their own indicator makes this a regulator display – a layout designed to make it easy to set a second timepiece accurately when using this one as a reference.
Powering that display is the Chronoswiss calibre C.85757, a manual winding movement with a 48-hour power reserve. That’s a pretty reasonable power reserve especially because jump hour displays take a lot of energy for that instantaneous jump plus it gives you plenty of reason to constantly use the fun half-onion crown. You can also see the balance wheel oscillating through the small exhibition window in the caseback. It’s a really fun collection that combines colour with a distinctive no hand display (the MSA inscription below the hour window stands for ‘montre sans aiguille’, translating to ‘watch without hands’). Each of the three colours is limited to 99 pieces and they are priced at £12,200. It’s also really nice to have an official GBP pricing for this watch because Chronoswiss officially re-entered the UK market in January 2026. It makes it significantly easier to start your Chronoswiss collection ahead of those aforementioned staples of the British calen
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