Artisans de Genève
Arolla
The donor is a Rolex Cosmograph Daytona, reference 116500. Artisans de Genève is not connected to Rolex in any way, and says so itself: the work here was commissioned by the watch's owner, a collector who has spent years returning to the Arolla glacier in Switzerland.
Specification
Movement
- Calibre
- Rolex 4130
- Type
- automatic chronograph
- Functions
- hours, minutes, seconds, chronograph
- Notable
- skeletonised in an original cut, sandblasted and bevelled by hand; automatic and chronograph bridges newly developed by the workshop; openworked X-shaped rotor in composite, the X chosen by the client to recall the glacier's peaks
Details
- Dial
- blue sapphire, developed over several months, translucent so the skeletonised movement shows through; white decal; hour and minute hands sandblasted in the centre
- Straps
- exclusive Rubber B genuine rubber strap in translucent Arolla blue
Price
- Service cost
- CHF 62,260, as of May 2022 (personalization service price on the archived 2022 page; no tax basis)