RGM Pennsylvania Series 801-CE Classic Enamel: American-Made and LA-Bound

The inaugural WatchTime Los Angeles show will be held on May 3-4 at Downtown L.A.'s Hudson Loft, with 27 watch brands exhibiting their wares - including Lancaster, PA-based RGM, which will be represented at the event by its founder, American watchmaker Roland G Murphy Among the USA.

brand's highlight timepieces will be the new Classic Enamel model from its flagship Pennsylvania Series The watch features a "Double sunk" enamel dial, constructed of three separate pieces that have been soldered together - a technique used on pocketwatch dials dating back 100 years or more RGM achieves the dial's classical look by employing the grand feu enamel process, a high-risk art performed by a highly skilled craftsman.

The grand feu technique raises the stakes, with repeated baking of successive layers of enamel at extremely high temperatures - ensuring a distinctively crisp aesthetic while permanently setting the enamel Of course, using such extreme heat to create the dials also poses a daunting challenge to the dial-making artisan: each time the dial is re-fired, the danger of its cracking, melting or burning increases The finished dial, in a gleaming white with vintage-style Roman numerals, a railway track minutes scale, and blued Breguet hands, calls to mind the pocketwatches from a largely bygone era of American watchmaking. Source