Daniel Roth is considered today one of the most brilliant watchmakers of his generation. The importance of Daniel Roth in today’s success of independent watchmaking cannot be underscored enough. By creating his eponymous brand in the late 1980s after having worked at Audemars Piguet and Breguet, he was one the earliest master watchmakers who decided to go independent and put his vision and talent in a watch with his name on the dial.

Upon launch of his brand in 1989, Roth immediately established his personal design language, the most obvious being the unusual ellipsocurvex shape, hands with pointed tips and dials with guilloché patterns (either Clous de Paris or horizontal stripes). The present chronograph bearing number 84 houses the iconic Lemania 2320 also known as CH-27 movement that Roth refined and started reusing during his time at Breguet and used by other greats such as Patek Philippe for their references 5070, 3970 and 5970, Roger Dubuis, Vacheron Constantin and of course Breguet. Featuring an incredibly appealing palette, the present variation appears to be particularly hard to find: the cases of the model are most often found in monochrome white or yellow gold, with some pieces in rose gold. Two-tone variations seem to be a minority of the production. The dial is full 18K gold and engine-turned by hand, as confirmed in the Certificate. The salmon color is incredibly appealing, featuring a multitude of metallica hues which shift according to how the light hits the complex guillochage and brushed hour track.

Icing on the cake is the presence of the original Certificate of the watch, signed and handwritten with all the details of the watch by the master watchmaker himself.