by Kyle Stults on June 23, 2010
This is the new Milus Zetios Regulator watch. I’ve written about classical and beautiful (Glashutte Original), exotic (Franc Vila), very unconventional (Rebellion) and perhaps misunderstood (Alpina) regulator watches in recent years and I would say this Milus tends to fall into the “classical and beautiful” category. It has a look of simple sophistication with very nice color tones. The “cherry on top” of this watch would have to be its guilloche engraved dial (look closely and you can see the textured dial). Price for the red gold model is about $5,000 and the the steel version would cost slightly less than this.
If you are wondering what exactly a “regulator” watch is, read the “Did You Know” section below. But first some pics!
Milus Zetios Regulator
42mm case (18K red gold or stainless steel), flattened outer bezel
hours on top, seconds on bottom, minutes on the main central hand
Did You Know?
In watchmaking tradition, “regulator” watches were special pendulum clocks, used by watchmakers in their workshops to set the exact time and therefore to test the precision of smaller watches. They were also used in science whenever extremely precise time indicators were needed, like in the field of astronomy.
In order to achieve optimum readability of the time, the hands were positioned on different axes of the dial. As the sole central hand, the minute hand dominated. The other hands were smaller and located in decentralized sub-dial areas.
Every watchmaker’s workshop always contained a regulator in a clearly visible position as a time reference.
(Thanks to Glashutte Original for this description)
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