REXHEP REXHEPI – RRCHF Chronograph Flyback 38mm Platinum and Rose Gold Edition

 

REXHEP REXHEPI – RRCHF Chronograph Flyback 38mm Platinum and Rose Gold Edition 2026

Click, to see the large size. ▶ BIG FOTO   

AN INTEGRATED APPROACH

Rexhep

Rexhepi’s

first

flyback

chronograph,

powered

by

an

entirely

new

calibre

conceived

to

unite

technical

innovation

with

refined

aesthetics.

 

Click, to see the large size. ▶ BIG FOTO

 

“I created this watch with that same conviction. Since the AK-01 in 2012, my quality standards have only grown sharper, shaped over time. 

 

 Click, to see the large size. ▶ BIG FOTO 

 

This flyback chronograph is the result of a relentless pursuit of every detail: harmonious proportions, an aesthetic both balanced and bold and generous hand-decorations. Today, everything is born at the heart of our workshops. From the cases to the grand feu enamel dials, from the movement to the hand-stitched straps, every step passes through our hands.

It is this freedom that gives the timepiece its character. This craftsmanship is refined every day; it evolves and is passed down through the generations.”
Rexhep Rexhepi 

Click, to see the large size. ▶ BIG FOTO

From

the

outset,

thinness

guided

the

entire

project.

Achieving

such

slender

proportions

required

a

complete

rethinking

of

the

movement’s

architecture,

making

an

integrated

chronograph

the

only

viable

solution.

Every

external

detail

was

equally

refined,

 

from

the

construction

of

the

case

to

the

exact

height

and

curvature

of

the

hands.

THE ARCHITECTURE OF PRECISION

The

RRCHF

(REXHEP

REXHEPI

CHRONOGRAPH

FLYBACK)

is

equipped

with

a

hand-wound

calibre

featuring

a

flyback

chronograph

and

a

jumping-minute

counter.

The

movement

is

built

around

asymmetrical

architecture,

where

each

component

is

shaped

not

only

for

efficiency

but

also

for

visual

harmony. 

 Click, to see the large size. ▶ BIG FOTO 

Turn the watch over. The movement is immediately, unmistakably a Rexhep Rexhepi calibre - you could identify it across a room. The symmetrical architecture, vertically linear from barrel at the top to balance wheel at the bottom, is his house signature applied now to a complication rather than a time-only movement. The barrel and balance bookend a central wheel under a large bridge. Chronograph mechanisms are, by nature, asymmetrical - this is why traditional chronograph movements look as they do. Forcing symmetry onto this complication required the under-dial architecture and the visible side to be resolved simultaneously, constrained on both axes. It is harder. It is also more beautiful. The horizontal clutch is a deliberate choice Rexhepi made with full awareness of its limitations. A vertical clutch is technically superior in terms of accuracy at the moment of engagement. He chose horizontal because you can see it move. "It's more romantic," he says. That word, romantic, is not nostalgia. It is a design philosophy: a chronograph should be felt and watched, not merely measured.

 Click, to see the large size. ▶ BIG FOTO 

The 320-component calibre runs at 21,600 beats per hour on hand-winding, delivering 72 hours of power reserve. The instantaneous jumping minute counter — a feature that makes elapsed time read more precisely because the minute advances all at once rather than crawling - required a separate energy storage and release system: springs charged progressively, released at exactly the right instant, braked to prevent overshoot. The tolerances involved in getting this right without robbing the movement of power are the kind that cannot be described in a press release. 

 Click, to see the large size. ▶ BIG FOTO 

They have to be calibrated by hand, individually, watch by watch. The finishing is of a caliber - in the older sense of the word, that has not been common in watchmaking since the era of Swiss pocket-watch ateliers. Broad, rounded bevels that can only be produced by hand. Côtes de Genève interrupted by a full-diameter black-polished bridge spanning the movement, not an oversight, but a statement, the kind of gesture that bends the rules of classical decoration while understanding them deeply enough to do so without breaking them. Poli-bercé. Circular graining. Polished inward angles. Thirty jewels. Each bridge and cock in maillechort, chamfered by hand before any machine touches them.

 Click, to see the large size. ▶ BIG FOTO   

Most watchmakers, and this is the traditional method, the sensible method, begin with the movement and build the watch around it. Rexhepi reversed the process. He started with the watch. The dial. The case. The proportions. The way the three registers would sit on the face and speak to each other. Only once all of that was resolved did he develop a new flyback chronograph movement exclusively, irreversibly, for this one reference. This is not a modular system. It is not a base caliber that will be adapted into twelve future references, amortising development costs across a decade. The movement belongs to the RRCHF alone. Given that Rexhepi produces approximately 50 watches per year in total across all references, the scale of that investment is extraordinary. He was aware of this. "I know very well that I could price these watches much higher," he has said. "But I do not want to play that game."

 

Click, to see the large size. ▶ BIG FOTO  

  

Governed

by

a

column

wheel

and

lateral

clutch,

the

chronograph

adopts

an

unconventional

layout.

Through

the

caseback,

only

the

chronograph

elements

are

revealed,

animating

the

mechanism

and

emphasizing

its

function.

AN INSTRUMENT REIMAGINED

The first thing you see is the dial. It is immediately unusual, a three-register layout borrowed from historical pocket-watch chronographs, with the hours and minutes pushed to a subsidiary at 12 o'clock, the running seconds at 8, and the instantaneous minute totaliser at 4. 

Click, to see the large size. ▶ BIG FOTO 

The central stage belongs exclusively to the chronograph seconds hand: an extraordinarily long, slender needle that spans nearly the full diameter of the dial, needle-thin, counterweighted at the shorter end. It dominates the face the way a conductor dominates an orchestra. The dial draws on the language of the Chronomètre Contemporain, notably through its alternating sector scales, while embracing a composition inspired by vintage pocket-watch chronographs. The central chronograph seconds naturally takes precedence, while hours and minutes are displayed in a dedicated sub-dial at 12 o’clock.

Click, to see the large size. ▶ BIG FOTO   

The base dial is Grand Feu enamel, fired in-house, this is the first Rexhep Rexhepi series production watch to feature enamel work entirely from his own atelier. In platinum, it is a storm blue that sits somewhere between midnight and deep sea, a colour that changes character under different light. In rose gold, it is black, absolute, deep, with the quality of lacquer but the depth of fired glass. Over this base, the three subdials are not enamel but tinted sapphire crystal, grey, transparent enough to reveal the movement working beneath. The tension between the two materials, centuries-old enamel fired in Geneva's oldest tradition, and modern sapphire crystal machined to micron tolerances, is entirely deliberate, and entirely resolved. 

Click, to see the large size. ▶ BIG FOTO 

For optimal legibility, the chronograph hand spans the full diameter of the dial and features a subtle downward tip. The minute counter follows the same principle, reinforcing the functional character of the watch. Crafted in traditional grand feu enamel, the dial is complemented by tinted sapphire counters, offering a discreet glimpse of the hand-finished movement beneath.

FORM IN RESTRAINT

With a diameter of 38.8 mm and a height of only 9.7 mm, the ARCHF stands among the
slimmest chronographs With a fully In-house movement. The case is made entirely in-house, in platinum or 18-carat rose gold, the same price for both, with a stepped bezel more pronounced than in earlier Rexhepi references, and lugs refined from the RRCC to sit more elegantly at the wrist. The screwed caseback is fitted with a sapphire crystal, so the movement is available for inspection from both sides. 

Click, to see the large size. ▶ BIG FOTO 

The strap - light grey nubuck calf on the platinum, presumably dark on the rose gold, is hand-stitched in-house with a Norwegian centre stitch. Even this, the thing that touches your wrist, is made in the same block of Geneva workshops. The water resistance is 30 metres. Sufficient. This is not a sports watch. It is a dress chronograph of the highest order, worn with the understanding that what is on your wrist represents one of the most concentrated expressions of watchmaking craft currently available anywhere in the world.  Handmade and Inspired by retlned mid-century deslgnt the case features a double-stepped bezel and sharply bevelled lugs and pushers. The screw-down case back Is Indexed to ensure It Is visually aligned vertically with the case The rose gold SN version showcases a black enamel dlal made In-house.

Click, to see the large size. ▶ BIG FOTO 

Rexhep Rexhepi describes the RRCHF as a performance. Not in the sense of theatre, but in the sense of an athlete or a musician giving everything that years of preparation have built toward. "If I had made this watch two years earlier, or two years later, it would not be the same watch," he has said. "It reflects a moment in my life, my state of mind, and the experience I had at that time." That is a watchmaker's way of saying: this is the best I can do right now. It is also, implicitly, a promise that the next one will be something else again.

Click, to see the large size. ▶ BIG FOTO 

There are roughly 50 Rexhep Rexhepi watches made per year across all references. The RRCHF competes for slots within that figure. It will be allocated, not bought off a shelf. There will be people who wait years and do not receive one. Auction prices for the early pieces, if history is any guide, will eventually make CHF 150,000 look like a footnote. But none of that changes what the watch is, which is this: the most resolved, most personal, and most important chronograph that the independent watchmaking world has produced in a generation.

 ----------------------------------------------
Technical Specifications


Model RRCHF Chronograph Flyback 38mm Platinum Edition 

Click, to see the large size. ▶ BIG FOTO 

Click, to see the large size. ▶ BIG FOTO 

Model RRCHF Chronograph Flyback 38mm Rose Gold Edition  

  Click, to see the large size. ▶ BIG FOTO  

  Click, to see the large size. ▶ BIG FOTO   

Ref.  RRCHF

Case
Diameter 38.8mm x 9.7mm thick x 48.8mm lug-to-lug 
Platinum 950 or 18k rose gold case 
Sapphire crystals 
Screwed caseback with sapphire crystal 
Water-resistant to 30m
Dial
Grand Feu enamel dial (storm blue or black) with tinted sapphire counters 
Rounded polished steel hands, chronograph hands with brown/yellow-flamed parts
The chronograph hands feature certain areas that have been tempered to a coppery hue
Movement
Hand-wound flyback chronograph with horizontal clutch and column wheel 
Developed and manufactured in-house 
Power reserve - 72-hour 
Number of parts: 320
Number of jewels: 30
21’600 vph (3 Hz)  vibrations/hour 
Screw balance wheel 
Hand-decorated and finished: Côtes de Genève, inward angles, black-polish, manual circular graining, hand engraving
Hairspring with a Phillips terminal curve 
Functions
Hours, minutes, seconds
Central flyback chronograph seconds hand and instantaneous minute counter (jumping minutes and seconds)
Strap
Nubuck calfskin strap with a hand-stitched Norwegian central seam, manufactured in-house
Pin buckle either in 950 or 18k rose gold 

🔰Limitation: Exclusive – Limited to Only 50-Pieces

🔴 Price:   150'000 CHF 💰 (both versions)

Sustainability
Local production and manufacturing

 =====================- ---------------------------------
Press Release - 2026
----------------------------------
------------------------------------------
www.facebook.com - Xhevdet Rexhepi
-------------------------------------------------------
www.AkriviA.com