BOUTIQUE
ROMAIN GAUTHIER
Insight Micro-Rotor
Romain Gauthier debuts a white gold version
of his Insight Micro-Rotor that also features a
gilded mainplate and palladium-treated bridges.
This newest 39.5mm Insight Micro-Rotor white
gold limited edition adds a hand-frosted main-
plate treated with rose gold, which contrasts
nicely with the straight-grained, palladium-
treated bridges.
Like the mainplate, the bridges on the back
of the movement are rose gold-treated and
decorated with hand frosting and hand-made,
hand-polished bevels and jewel counter-
sinks. Gauthier’s own automatic caliber boasts
a 22-karat gold bidirectional micro-rotor that
winds a serially operating double mainspring
barrel offering eighty hours of power reserve.
The Romain Gauthier Insight Micro-Rotor
white gold is available in three 10-piece limited
editions: with oven-fired white enamel dial,
oven-fired black enamel dial and oven-fired blue
enamel dial. Price: 79,000 Swiss francs.
IW RATING
Design: 8 (out of 10)
Asymmetric bridges, multi-level dial and
contrasting hues are a winner.
Innovation: 8
Top-notch twin-barrel with gold micro-rotor
offers 80 hours of power reserve.
Finissage: 9
Some of the finest we’ve seen.
Legibility: 8
The technical and artistic dominate here, though
the dial is quite clear.
Rarity: 9
Only thirty will be made.
Value: 9
Gauthier’s collector following is passionate.
Overall iW rating: 51 (out of 60)
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