REXHEP REXHEPI – RRCHF Chronograph Flyback 38mm Platinum and Rose Gold Edition 2026Click, 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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Technical Specifications
Model RRCHF Chronograph Flyback 38mm Platinum Edition
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Model RRCHF Chronograph Flyback 38mm Rose Gold Edition
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Ref. RRCHF
CaseDiameter
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
DialGrand 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
MovementHand-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
FunctionsHours, minutes, seconds
Central flyback chronograph seconds hand and instantaneous minute counter (jumping minutes and seconds)
StrapNubuck 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
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