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Paul Gerber, a Zurich based independent watchmaker born in Bern in 1950. He started by becoming an apprentice in his father’s shop in Bern. Subsequently he moved to Zurich in 1970 and established his workshop in 1976. What set him apart is his capability to modify and create an entirely new movements.
Paul Gerber was also involved in the creation of a watch that broke the Guinness World Record in 2005 for the most complicated watch in terms of parts quantity. The so-called “Superbia Humanitatis” started off as a Louis Elysee Piguet calibre with 491 components, a minute repeater, petite et grande sonnerie, and silence function. It was then modified by Franck Muller by adding perpetual calendar, moon phase, equation of time and GMT function adding the parts to be at 651 components in total. Paul Gerber then was tasked by the owner to add a flying Tourbillon and a dead-beat seconds chronograph mechanism, brining the total number of components to be 1,116.
The reference 156 Retro Twin is powered by the Cal. 15, a highly modified Peseux 7001 base movement with Paul Gerber’s revolutionary double rotor system. It features a flyback retrograde seconds mechanism displayed on the dial.
The case measures at 35.5mm in diameter with 11mm thickness in 18K Rose Gold. It has a classic stepped case with sculpted lugs giving it a very refined and elegant look.
The dial is hand guilloched with a traditional rose-engine lathe and it features blued applied Breguet numerals with a set of blued steel leaf hands. It has the retrograde second indicator between 5 to 7.
Price excludes 9% GST for local Singapore buyers
Paul Gerber, a Zurich based independent watchmaker born in Bern in 1950. He started by becoming an apprentice in his father’s shop in Bern. Subsequently he moved to Zurich in 1970 and established his workshop in 1976. What set him apart is his capability to modify and create an entirely new movements.
Paul Gerber was also involved in the creation of a watch that broke the Guinness World Record in 2005 for the most complicated watch in terms of parts quantity. The so-called “Superbia Humanitatis” started off as a Louis Elysee Piguet calibre with 491 components, a minute repeater, petite et grande sonnerie, and silence function. It was then modified by Franck Muller by adding perpetual calendar, moon phase, equation of time and GMT function adding the parts to be at 651 components in total. Paul Gerber then was tasked by the owner to add a flying Tourbillon and a dead-beat seconds chronograph mechanism, brining the total number of components to be 1,116.
The reference 156 Retro Twin is powered by the Cal. 15, a highly modified Peseux 7001 base movement with Paul Gerber’s revolutionary double rotor system. It features a flyback retrograde seconds mechanism displayed on the dial.
The case measures at 35.5mm in diameter with 11mm thickness in 18K Rose Gold. It has a classic stepped case with sculpted lugs giving it a very refined and elegant look.
The dial is hand guilloched with a traditional rose-engine lathe and it features blued applied Breguet numerals with a set of blued steel leaf hands. It has the retrograde second indicator between 5 to 7.
The watch is in near mint condition with minor sign of wear. The movement runs and functions well at the time of testing.
Manufacturer : Paul Gerber
Reference : 156
Model : Retro Twin
Year : 2000 (approx)
Case Size : 35.5mm
Material : 18K Rose Gold
Movement : Cal. 15 Self-Winding
Complication : Retrograde Second
Bracelet/Strap : Leather Strap
Accessories : Original Presentation Box, Service Paper by Paul Gerber
