Only Watch Auction

Monaco, Sep 20, 2007

LOT 30

Rodolphe ?Instinct Chrono 180° Only Watch?, Pièce Unique, Unique Inscription and Unique Dial

EUR 0 - 0

Sold: EUR 7,000

The INSTINCT CHRONO 180° ONLY WATCH features a double mechanism : a self-winding chronograph movement with date display and a quartz movement featuring two bands to indicate the hours and minutes. In addition, the mechanical movement, specifically developed for this model, has been rotated through 1840 to enable the functions to be released from the left. Movements. Rodolphe RC2094CC 10 1/2 "` calibre, 1800 inverted, automatic winding. Luxury version, rhodium-plated module, circular grained bottom-plate and mechanism caver, high quality regulator, blued screws, circular Côtes de Genève wave decoration on the oscillating weight in platinum engraved with the Brand name. Quartz calibre RC751 for hours and minutes indication. Functions : Hours, minutes, seconds, date, 12 hour /minutes /seconds chronograph. Case : Black PVD, open back, sapphire crystal with glareproof treatment on both surfaces, metallized seconds counter printed on the crystal. Signature of Rodolphe with inscription "INSTINCTCHRONO 1800 ONLY WATCH - Pièce unique, band-engraved. Dimensions: 50 mm (width) x 53 (length). Crown I pushers : Two screw-down crowns and two press-fitted black PVD pushers. Dial : Galvanic black dial, stamped and engine-turned with vertical pattern, riveted steel central applique. Hands : Rhodium-plated brass and Luminova coating, transparent seconds band in PMMA (polymethyl methacrylate) with red-coloured end segment. Strap : Black alligator skin. Buckle: Black PVD buckle. Frequency : 28,800 vibrations/hour (4Hz) Jewels : 33 Power-reserve : 42 hours Water-resistance. 50 metres


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Rodolphe is first and foremost a passionate designer, He has been designing for the greatest names in watchmaking for over 25 years with acknowledged and uninterrupted success. Today with his own Brand, which has been part of the Franck Muller Group since 2005, Rodolphe can at last pursue his dream, free of the constraints imposed by his customers` specifications. Design that knows no limits, design that makes no concessions. Even Rodolphe's watch exemplifies the aesthetic values of its creator and reflects a part of himself, of his world and his life, of his inspirations and his inner journeys, which lie shares with us through his unique timepieces. Rodolphe wishes to go beyond the beautiful and the aesthetic. With timepieces bearing his name, his goal is to open up new horizons and a new era, to create and convey atmospheres, ambiences, styles and trends. Innovative forms and materials are combined with innovative techniques and technological innovation. Movements of the highest quality, watch complications manufactured with the utmost care, bold inventions developed by a Young and highly motivated research team, all contribute to this constant innovation. The INSTINCT CHRONO 180° model owes its conception to an alliance of design and watchmaking expertise, audacity and technicality, original forms and outstanding movement quality. 8old and elegant, featuring an original design n and a double mechanism pivoting through 180 this timepiece reinvents the tonneau shape in a contemporary style. For his first participation in ONLY WATCH, Rodolphe has decided to create, on this basis, a unique piece made entirely of black PVD with a dial enhanced by a riveted applique in steel, specially designed for this timepiece. This unique feature further highlights the resolutely contemporary, modern and sporty character of this timepiece. The back is open over one hall of its area, so enabling the balance and components of the mechanism which are the beating heart of this timepiece to be admired; on the other hall, the signature of Rodolphe and the inscription «INSTINCT CHRONO 180° ONLY WATCH - Piece unique - Monaco 20.09.2007» arc engraved by hand. This watch is accompanied by the original sketch signed by Rodolphe which was used as the basis For the design of the central applique and so testifies to the unique character of this timepiece.