Founder: Watchmaker
Daniel Roth, a Frenchman born in 1945.
Country: Switzerland
History: Watchmaker
Daniel Roth founded his watchmaking company in 1989 in the famed Vallée de
Joux, Switzerland. In his career, Roth assisted Audemars Piguet in creating super-slim
movements. He also designed beautiful dials for Breguet. His gorgeous Daniel
Roth watches with multiple and impressive complications are famous for all
possessing the same shape. The Daniel Roth company has had workshops in Le
Sentier and Geneva, and, in 2000, they were acquired by Bulgari.
Timeline &
Accomplishments:
• 1989 → Daniel Roth founds the company.
• 2003 → The 8-Day Tourbillon, featuring a spectacular eight-day
power reserve, is released.
• 2008 → Daniel Roth’s elegant Instantaneous Perpetual Calendar
timepiece is released.
• 2011 → The Bulgari Daniel Roth Grande Sonnerie Quantieme Perpetual Calendar (Caliber
DR 5307)—the only automatic four-gong chiming wristwatch—is launched with a
million-dollar price tag.