"RGM" are the initials of Ronald G. Murphey, an independent American watchmaker who founded his brand in 1992. With his reputation leading him to make custom pieces for an international clientele, he has produced one of the rare watches from our Independents’ Atelier not made in Switzerland.

There is a certain influence of Abraham Louis Breguet in the present perpetual calendar minute repeater with its guilloché dial, coin edge case and…Breguet hands.

Made in the late 1990s as a limited edition of only 10 pieces, the watch boasts a classic 38mm case and houses a highly complex movement based on an ébauche by another famed watchmaker, Christophe Claret. Even though the case is in platinum, which is a metal known to dampen the sound of the chimes, the latter here are crisp, resonant and perfectly balanced.

The present timepiece, from one of the very rare independent American watchmakers working from the US is an incredible opportunity and a great value proposition to obtain a perpetual calendar minute repeater in platinum and a hand guilloché dial.