Description

Pierre DeRoche “SplitRock MDA”
18K Rose Gold Automatic Chronograph

Limited Edition of 21 pieces

18K Rose Gold Deployant Buckle.

The ultimate casual luxury watch,
versatile for any occasion.

Created in Vallee de Joux. Extremely Limited Production. Super high-end small independent manufacture.

100% BRAND NEW,
Unworn condition! Complete with
box and paers as shown in photos. Comes with original Pierre
deRoche deployant buckle.

Dimension:
46mm x
31.6mm, 13.7mm thick. Full size Gent’s model.

Dial: The black dial Splitrock MDA dial.
Black sunray guilloche dial. Concentric chronograph at 6’O
clock. Small second at 12’O clock. Large date window at 12’O
clock.
Pierre DeRoche alligator strap

The Splitrock features a proprietary chronograph
movement with micro-rotor, and the movement is extremely
beautifully finished. This is the only concentric chronograph
on the market, and represents a very difficult technical
innovation.

Weighs a hefty 165
grams. A lot of gold.

Extremely
small production. Retails for $49,500.
Rarely discounted and difficult to find on the secondary
market.

Pierre DeRoche uses an exclusive for
Pierre DeRoche movement in
the SplitRock watch, which is the Swiss made Dubois Depraz PDP
4001-1 automatic. It uses a micro-rotor so that you can
appreciate
more of the decorated movement. Lots of large blued steel screws
and cotes de Geneve polish, as well as some perlage on the
movement.  “Vallee de Joux” – the origin of the
manufacture,
is engraved on the movement. The appearance of the movement is
rather phenomenal, making the watch a pleasure to look at both
front and back.

The innovative
chronograph function features three concentric dials inside of
one
another. The dial has three ring and three hands. The larger,
thin red hand is for the seconds, and then there is a smaller minute
hand for the chronograph minutes, and under that is an even
smaller hand for the chronograph hours (you can’t see that hand
until the minute hand moves). This clever system allows Pierre
DeRoche to insert a fully functional 12 hour chronograph into
one
dial. There is also a subsidiary seconds dial for the time
above,
overlaying the time dial. I also like how the date window was
elegantly placed in as part of the watch dial, with a little
bulge. Overall, the SplitRock dial is quite unique in design and
quite three dimensional, but takes into consideration rules of
symmetry and traditional design ensuring it looks attractive.

There are a lot of
art deco elements to the design that is also very architectural.
The design is contempory yet mature.