Logical One

Just read that A unique Romain Gauthier Logical One Secret was stolen from Romain during a Swissair flight to Hong Kong.

Some heavy duty grinders in the background, and Romain Gauthier’s engineering on view in the foreground. Don’t often post the movement side of this watch, but here the photo is a bit stylized and so one cannot really see the details only the overall view.

It was a great trip and my first visit to Portland outside of the airport. Oregon has a world class watchmaker, whom I got to visit on that trip. I’m just glad you and another great purist have these original platinum pieces. The Logical One is still in m

The fusee-and-chain transmission is a way of providing a constant even force to the escapement as the mainspring unwinds itself throughout its range of power reserve. The fusee (from the French fusée , wire wound around a spindle) is a cone-shaped pulley

I first wanted a DB28 around 2019. At the time I was torn between it, an FPJ Resonance, and a Zeitwerk. Ended up hesitant to go independent and chose the Lange (mistake!). When funds allowed, I looked at the DB28 again, but prices were insane and the bran

I was thinking folks may have been tired of my continuous posting of the C6 and so I held off posting this follow up until now. To recap briefly; after many years admiring Romain Gauthier’s watches I finally committed to one in mid 2023. It was, as many o

I know that the sign of the highest skill in finishing is the appearance of internal angles and the ability to do a superb job with anglage, my favorite part of the Logical One is the fine tip of the balance bridge. I can stare at that acute angle endless

Here is a recent acquisition:

My favorite from RG. A dream, a sublime.... One. Best, Nicolas