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RGM Watch Co.
Ref. 103R
A fine and rare limited edition platinum wristwatch with minute repeater, perpetual calendar with moonphase display
Estimate
CHF20,000 - 30,000
€18,800 - 28,100
$20,800 - 31,200
Sold For
CHF60,000
Lot Details
Manufacturer
RGM Watch Co.
Year
Circa 1998
Reference No
103R
Movement No
Movement stamped with limited edition number 4/10
Case No
316 limited edition 4/10
Material
Platinum
Calibre
Manual, Christophe Claret ebauche, 30 jewels
Bracelet/Strap
Alligator
Clasp/Buckle
Platinum RGM pin buckle
Dimensions
38mm Diameter
Signed
Case, dial, movement and buckle signed
Accessories
Accompanied by fitted box, Certificate of Authenticity, setting pin, service papers dated April 2019, instructions and hang tag
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
"RGM" are the initials of Ronald G. Murphey, an independent American watchmaker who founded his brand in 1992. With his reputation leading him to make custom pieces for an international clientele, he has produced one of the rare watches from our Independents’ Atelier not made in Switzerland.
There is a certain influence of Abraham Louis Breguet in the present perpetual calendar minute repeater with its guilloché dial, coin edge case and…Breguet hands.
Made in the late 1990s as a limited edition of only 10 pieces, the watch boasts a classic 38mm case and houses a highly complex movement based on an ébauche by another famed watchmaker, Christophe Claret. Even though the case is in platinum, which is a metal known to dampen the sound of the chimes, the latter here are crisp, resonant and perfectly balanced.
The present timepiece, from one of the very rare independent American watchmakers working from the US is an incredible opportunity and a great value proposition to obtain a perpetual calendar minute repeater in platinum and a hand guilloché dial.
There is a certain influence of Abraham Louis Breguet in the present perpetual calendar minute repeater with its guilloché dial, coin edge case and…Breguet hands.
Made in the late 1990s as a limited edition of only 10 pieces, the watch boasts a classic 38mm case and houses a highly complex movement based on an ébauche by another famed watchmaker, Christophe Claret. Even though the case is in platinum, which is a metal known to dampen the sound of the chimes, the latter here are crisp, resonant and perfectly balanced.
The present timepiece, from one of the very rare independent American watchmakers working from the US is an incredible opportunity and a great value proposition to obtain a perpetual calendar minute repeater in platinum and a hand guilloché dial.