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Roland Murphy RGM at the GTE 2011
I didn't know it when I was there, but afterwards this watch got my best of show award. (An award so exclusive that there is no prize). This RGM tourbillon is simply the best staging of watchmaking skills I have seen in a while. It is not a tourbillon lost deep in a hole in the dial or the back of a watch. It is free and breathing, fresh air and blue skies. It has symetry and balance along with charactor and glow. I love it!
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Roland Murphy RGM at the GTE 2011
I didn't know it when I was there, but afterwards this watch got my best of show award. (An award so exclusive that there is no prize). This RGM tourbillon is simply the best staging of watchmaking skills I have seen in a while. It is not a tourbillon los...
Fingers crossed
Thanks for the pics Don, I have loosely followed RGM for the past 3 years but have just never been able to pull the trigger. Until the introduction of the 801 american-made movement their most intriguing piece was the 222 using rebuilt Hamilton movements....
"The poor man's FPJ tourbillon"!...
Terrific watch. If, as expected, that dial is more legible 'live' than it is under the glare of display lights then it deserves to be hugely successful. Cheers, pplater.
At least it's Invenit et fecit !
I love the industrial design and the open dial with lots of depth. The rear looks good too, and the side sapphire lets in light and provides another view on the Tourbillon. Sure, the architecture is familiar, but the design is different enough to be its o...
Is this the 2nd truly American tourbillon ever ?
With the first being Gene Clark ? It almost surprising that it has taken as long as it has for an American maker like RGM to appear with their own tourbillon, and particularly one that is not a re-working of or a homage to earlier designs. These are some ...
RGM has always been careful
with their claims, I wonder if they are using the "First serially-produced Tourbillion" as a hedge in case some early 20th century pieces are out there. Enough modern master watchmakers have made their own tourbillon pocket-watch that I'd be surprised if ...
American Tourbillons
RGM should be applauded for their work producing such a wonderful project. The tourbillon and 801 appear to be using largely 6497 components but i believe I had read Roland was planning to cut his own gears later. Not that this matters for performance of ...
Wheel cutting
The Tourbillon wheels are cut inhouse by RGM wolf tooth too. This message has been edited by pretorrien on 2011-02-01 07:48:28 This message has been edited by pretorrien on 2011-02-01 08:17:26...
Agreed, Don
That tourbillon (and Mr Murphy) impressed me last week too... Great photos, thanks.
