The C by Romain Gauthier, the watch formerly known as the Continuum, has grown into a two-part family since we first wrote about it last year, and the latest example, which falls within the Freedom collection, welcomes a new titanium bracelet integrated directly into the case design. It doesn?t merely fit into the existing lug design of the watch, it gets a fully redesigned titanium case to accommodate the titanium bracelet design. Oh, and the movement is titanium as well. So is the dial. The whole thing weighs a mere 85 grams, and was designed so that the wearer ?does not feel it?.

The C by Romain Gauthier has taken a few forms since its release, and at an increasing pace over the past 6 months. We?ve seen new dial colors and textures, as well as a new platinum case in the Heritage collection (which also get Roman numeral dials). But each has come on some form of strap, until now. The full titanium bracelet makes a lot of sense on this watch, which bills itself as something of a sport watch, aligning with the theme of wearability and comfort.
The dial gets some unique features as well, placing a familiar handset atop a gray sand blasted titanium dial (the release also makes mention of a salmon dial on the horizon), and most notably, the hour markers are made entirely of Super Luminova. They appear as monolithic blocks made of the stuff, with some structure to their height allowing them to appear as applied pieces. The offset sub seconds with exaggerated lines st...