Junghans Max Bill Chronoscope Ref. 27/4502.02 | 40 mm | Automatic Chronograph with Date

A Chronograph Drawn with Discipline

A successful chronograph must organize more information without sacrificing clarity. Here, Max Bill’s distinctive typography, disciplined spacing and precise proportions allow the timing function and date to become part of the design rather than additions to it.

The matte silver-plated dial feels calm and open, even with the mechanical complication beneath it. Junghans deliberately omits a running small-seconds display, preserving the particularly balanced symmetry that defines this reference.

Mechanical Complexity, Visually Resolved

We selected this reference because it demonstrates how a complication can serve a design without dominating it. It is an especially compelling choice for someone who appreciates the original Max Bill dial language but wants the involvement of an automatic mechanical movement, a useful elapsed-time function and a little more presence on the wrist.

This design does not have a continuously running small-seconds display. The long central seconds hand belongs to the chronograph and remains still until the timing function is started. That quiet, symmetrical dial is intentional and does not mean the watch has stopped.

Technical Specifications

Purchase Confidence

Your purchase includes the original Junghans presentation box, official documentation and the full two-year Junghans manufacturer warranty.

Legend of Time is an Authorized Junghans Dealer. Every new watch is factory authentic, inspected before shipment and sent with complimentary insured delivery within the United States.