Souscription
Independent watchmaker Mickaël Gaspar has launched his debut wristwatch, the Souscription, a retrograde date watch featuring a highly exposed, three-dimensional movement on the dial side. Developed with the support of the Ateliers Associés incubator, the watch represents Gaspar's vision, built upon his extensive training and experience.
- Limited to 20 pieces
- Price: CHF 69,000 excl. taxes
The Souscription's design originates from a school project by Gaspar, rebuilt and refined over ten years.
The watch features a retrograde date at 12 o'clock, with the movement's mainplate hand-sandblasted and plated in rose gold.
Gaspar reworked many elements of the base movement, including turning wheel staffs and pinions on a lathe, cutting certain wheels, and making and balancing the balance wheel.
The case has a mirror-polished bevel running around the case band and is topped by a highly domed sapphire crystal.
The bridges on the caseback are gold-coated, hand-finished with sandblasted surfaces, and feature mirror-polished beveled edges.
Each watch is estimated to take approximately 250 hours of machining and hand-finishing.
The movement operates at 18,000 vibrations per hour.
The watch is delivered in a wooden box with a marquetry scene of the Doubs Valley.