I frequently take the opportunity to praise watch manufacturers for their innovative use of materials or their attempts to create entirely unique pieces. But the products offered by Romain Jerome simply take the cake. I’m nearly wordless to describe what they’ve done. Their historic DNA line provides something that no collector can be without. First I’ll introduce the more conventional one: a…
Jerome Romain, the Geneva-based watch makers, have recently appointed Manuel Emch as their new CEO. Founded in 2004, the renowned Romain Jerome watches are the ‘DNA of Famous Legends’ collection. It was the Titanic-DNA series, incorporating metal from the sunken liner, that launched this collection of timepieces that blurs the boundary between art and functionality. Commenting on his appointment, Mr…
The Romain Jerome ‘spirit’ lies in their DNA of famous legends collections. The timepieces in these collections are inspired by and created specifically to pay tribute to some of the great historical legends of our time. In each of the individual watches Romain Jerome adds an authenticated part of that history, the DNA if you like, so that, as they…
When a watch is created with history and emotion, it ceases to be simply a watch, it becomes an objet d’art in its own right. This is very true of Romain Jerome Watches, particularly the Titanic DNA collection. The archetype of this collection is the T-Oxy Concept. This is a completely rusted timepiece that was designed and built using non-stabilised…