Daniel Roth Papillon Chronograph

January 5, 2009

daniel_roth_papillon.jpg The watchmaking workshops of Daniel Roth in Le Sentier are awe-inspiring for collectors, in particular, the brand’s prowess with adapting base calibers and for its know-how with minute repeaters. However, Daniel Roth is no slouch when it comes to the chronograph.

daniel_roth_papillon2.jpg The brand launched its first chronograph – an automatic column wheel piece – in 1990 and today continues to refine its expertise in this ever-popular complication. The Papillon Chronograph – featuring the now-famous ellipsocurvex case – revisits the 1999 chronograph issued to celebrate the brand’s 10th anniversary.

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To be precise, it references the 2005 Papillon Chronograph, minus the cover that hid the action of the pivoting minute hands. Significantly, the Girard-Perregaux movement of 2005 has been replaced with a Frederic Piguet caliber (reference 1185).

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