For the second straight year, Geneva Grand-Prix winning independent watchmaker Romain Gauthier will take part in WatchTime New York, on October 13-14 at Manhattan’s Gotham Hall (click here for event details and to purchase tickets). Read on to discover Gauthier’s showcase timepiece at the event, the Romain Gauthier Insight Micro-Rotor.
The Romain Gauthier Insight Micro-Rotor is powered by a compact oscillating mass visible from the front and back.
The watch’s signature feature ? its bidirectional 22k gold micro-rotor ? is visible both from the dial side and from the back. Rotating smoothly and silently and positioned between two bridges, this compact oscillating mass winds a double mainspring barrel to store an impressive 80 hours of power reserve. The barrels are series-connected in order to supply a more constant flow of power to the regulator. The off-center subdials are made of oven-fired enamel on a gold base.
The time is displayed on two off-center, overlapping subdials, both made of oven-fired enamel on an 18k gold ? one for hours and minutes, the other for small seconds. Also showcased on the front of the timepiece are the movement’s balance, at 6 o’clock, which beats at a frequency of 28,800 vph; the circular cutout in the movement mainplate that frames the swaying micro-rotor; and a golden plaquette engraved with the Romain Gauthier “RG” logo. All of these elements are surrounded by curving, hand-beveled bridges that ech...