Roysdon Model Four

THE VOICE OF TIME.

For most of history, knowing the time in darkness required something extraordinary. The watch had to speak. Model Four continues one of mechanical watchmaking's most demanding traditions: the repeating watch. Press the mechanism and stored energy is released through a sequence of racks, snails, levers, hammers and gongs. The watch does not merely display the time. It tells you.

880 HOURS

Approximately 110 eight-hour working days. For one watch. The most precious material in Model Four is not gold.

THE VOICE OF TIME

Long before illuminated screens made time visible in darkness, watchmakers found another answer. They taught a watch to speak. The in-house movement in the Model Four, inspired by the 1880’s Déposé minute repeater, continues that tradition. Press the mechanism and the watch converts stored mechanical energy into sound… hours and minutes expressed through hammer, gong, rack, snail and spring.

A repeating watch turns time into sound. Making one turns time into something else. 880 hours of a watchmaker's life become a machine small enough to hold in one hand.

WATCHMAKERS JOURNAL

Please visit The Watchmaker’s Journal - Model Four for a “behind the scenes” build of this timepiece.

Details

Diameter: 41 mm

Height: 13 mm

Jewels: 42

Crystal: Sapphire

Vibrations per hour: 21,600 bph (3 Hz)

Power Reserve: 46 hours

Water Resistant: 10m (30 ft)

Case: 18k White Gold

Dial: Silver, 24k Gold, Hand Guilloche

Movement: Rhodium, 24k Gold, and 20AP Steel

Band: Premium Texas Leather band with a 18k White Gold buckle

Time to Manufacture: 880 hours

Limited Edition: 2 total

Pricing

Base Price: $230,000 Please contact us if you are interested in commissioning this timepiece.

Deposit: 50% deposit (held in escrow), 50% prior to delivery.

Terms: $10,000 (from deposit) non-refundable after work begins.

Wait List: Currently 18 months.

Modifications:

  • Case material: White, Yellow or Rose 18k Gold

  • Band material: calf or alligator leather in matte black, steel blue, racing green, walnut brown, or cognac red-brown

  • Engraving personalization on the movement and case-back

Notes: Due to the market volatility of gold, the final price will be determined at the time of the deposit.