
RODOLPHE spent more than seven years working and reworking this tonneau
form that has been endlessly reinvented and copied by a great many watchmakers
since the first sketches of the
INSTINCT
range appeared.
Yet no one but RODOLPHE has managed to instill so much strength and refinement
in its forms, because only a designer could extract so much power from a model such
as this. Here design goes beyond simple form or style to become the expression of a
concept, of an idea, of inspirations that the designer has drawn both from his deepest
emotions and his environment. The
INSTINCT
range bears the true hallmark of Ro-
dolphe watches; under the extravagance of its case, its bezel and its visible crowns it
expresses the purity and simplicity of an object designed to give its owner the fulfill-
ment of wearing a timepiece of unrivalled aesthetic perfection.
Everyone will find the beauty they seek in this line. In RODOLPHEs words: The idea
is to learn to look at the world from a different point of view. Reality and beauty are
highly individual perceptions. Three people will see three different things in the same
object, and we can of course view the object from all of these angles. Its this that I
wanted to achieve with the tonneau shape.
Through its size, its design and of course its contours, the
INSTINCT
range was desti-
ned to receive the finest watchmaking complications made available by RODOLPHE
and his Research & Development teams for their timepieces.
It embodies something RODOLPHE has always dreamt of and, before finally realizing
this imagined utopia, considered impossible: to design an object in which his passion
for form achieves perfect resonance with rigor, sophisticated technology, realism and
luxury. An unusual sentiment, an original interpretation of the moment, an object
from elsewhere but anchored in time, in our epoch, our generation. This is what the
INSTINCT
range expresses; a place where dream and reality coincide and coexist.
A fusion of art and design in its resolutely avant-garde acceptance, an amalgam of
complications and boldness, the
INSTINCT
line is dedicated to lovers of taste, beau-
ty, refinement and intuition. It is a watch that immediately arouses emotion, not only
in those who wear it but also in those who admire it.