This is the Romain Jerome Spacecraft, the first pilot watch unveiled by the luxury timepiece manufacturer. The new piece pairs a complication with its own discreet charm alongside a pure and restrained design.
CEO of RJ-Romain Jerome, Manuel Emch and Eric Giroud imagined a very different type of product, combining retro-futuristic aesthetics and horological complexity. “The design evolved in step with our discussions and our numerous exchanges. That is what makes it such a singular object”, explains Eric Giroud.
The mechanical self-winding movement was developed exclusively for the brand. “The combination of these four functions, lateral, linear, jumping and retrograde hours, is unprecedented,” says Jean-Marc Wiederrecht. A spring-driven carriage pushes the hour display along the side of the watch via a red-lacquered cursor moving beneath the metallised sapphire crystal every 60 minutes. The dragging minutes appear on a black disc and are read off on top of the case, which features beadblasted titanium plates. Time-setting is done through a screw-lock crown at 12 o’clock.
The Spacecraft watch is fitted with a black polyamide mesh strap. This 99-piece limited edition is priced at about 20,000 Swiss Francs(Approx. $21,719 USD).
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