Independents

Don't think this has been discussed yet. What do members hear think of this piece? Personally I think it looks amazing. Although the pricing is giving me a bit of pause... Link to Hodinkee article : ...  

especially the high pricing bit! I always ask myself what else can one buy for that amount of money

Great finishing, but for the money I'd also want a significant complication.

With that kinda money I’ll buy a 911 ;-)

I go out of my way to support independents, but 250 hours of finishing or not, this is a lot of support RG is asking! I also am wary of RG customer service. So it's not just what else I could be buying, but what else I could be supporting.

And well done for supporting the independents. I am glad these Romain Gauthers are being produced in small quantities or they might remain in stock for a while

And I’m sure it’s gonna be an outstanding watch on the wrist at 39.5mm. The price however is grossly overstated. If it is anywhere between 50-80K CHF I think I would take a serious look at it. At the current list, my options are plenty. Although not a par... 

Perhaps at this price point which is closing in on a price of a Perpetual Calendar Chronograph from Patek, or even Gauthier's own Logical One, and there are many other options. This watch has no complication so it's a matter of whether the finishing quali... 

...but the logo looks straight out of MS Word and the curved underline is not attractive. He needs to hire a decent graphic designer (I would do it but not sure if I'm decent) : )

Among the very best. The fonts looks ok to me. You can volunteer, LOL.

...regretfully I have to agree with all that has been said by others here. At least for me with my limitations, the biggest complication with this one is... the price and I much prefer other complications in a watch 😉.

for my hesitation. I will wait for videos of the watch to come out. Based on just rendered pictures, it's hard to judge.

Especially with a rose gold case but like you i think the price is a bit high

The "skeletonization" of this is really well done and in many ways the design feels more balanced than the original Insight Micro-Rotor. The other thing I appreciate is that skeleton watches often become very hard to read because the dial is often comprom... 

and he was pointing out how some very high-end watches don't have them. Two examples that don't are Roman Gauthier and Roger W Smith! Odd stuff, if anyone knows why, please share. It does add something to the conversation, though. I do love the finishing ... 

...that is purely Logical Leaving aside the price issue I agree that this Skeletonized Micro Rotor is really nice but... for me the Romain Gauthier's DNA lies fully in the Logical One

I am curious to hear counter thoughts on RG, as there seems to be several here who have reservations on the brand. As to this watch, I am with others in terms of not being able to get past the price point. If given the choice I would be going for a used L... 

Let me state again that I've gone out of my way to support independents; doing so is largely the reason I began collecting watches in the first place. So it's extremely frustrating even to consider publicly reporting a bad experience with an independent. ...