Romain Gauthier

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Le Sentier, Vallée de Joux, SwitzerlandFounded 2005IndependentWebsite

Romain Gauthier is a Swiss watch manufacturer in Le Sentier that designs and produces its own mechanical movements. Its watches include manually wound calibres, micro-rotor automatics and constant-force mechanisms, with movement components finished by hand.

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Precision mechanic Romain Gauthier developed his first movement between 2002 and 2005 after visiting Philippe Dufour. He founded his eponymous company in Le Sentier in 2005 and presented its first watch, Prestige HM, at Baselworld in 2007. The company added CNC production capacity in 2008. Chanel took a minority stake in 2011; this was an investment rather than a full acquisition. Logical One followed in 2013 with a ruby-link chain constant-force mechanism and push-button winding, and won the Men's Complication prize at the Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève that year. Production and watchmaking operations moved into a purpose-built manufacture in Le Sentier in 2014. In 2016, the Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie certified the company as a fine watchmaking brand. Insight Micro-Rotor, the brand's first automatic watch, launched in 2017, and the brand was invited to join the SIHH in 2018. The C collection began in 2021 and remains part of the current range alongside Insight and Logical One.