Name: Daniel Roth White Gold Chrono
Brand: Daniel Roth
SKU: DR-247.X.10.161.CN.BD-LNIB-OPEN
Availability: OutOfStock

There is a unique kind of beauty in a salmon dial; warm and faintly decadent. In vintage horology, such warmth is never merely cosmetic. It’s a signal: that someone, somewhere, made an aesthetic decision with their heart instead of their spreadsheet.

Guilloché salmon, especially, is where the colour invites you in; the engine-turned texture trapping the light in fine grooves. A great salmon dial feels alive because it is alive, constantly changing, refusing to sit still on the wrist. You can’t “understand” a dial like this from a photograph. You have to live with it. It has moods.

This is why the Daniel Roth S247 chronograph in 18k white gold, lands with such force. It comes from the second period, after The Hour Glass group acquired the brand in 1995: a chapter some dismiss too quickly. Yet the watch itself makes a convincing argument for reconsideration.

Let’s also be frank: the market has finally developed an appetite. Pre-1994 first-generation Roths have more than tripled in two years, and suddenly everyone is rediscovering what they once called “niche”. Hodinkee’s latest Talking Watches episode put a steel S247 with a salmon dial on camera, and the messages just started flying.

Steel pieces were the norm for the s247. White gold is the exception with less than 5% of production. Add the papers, and you’re no longer hunting: you’ve found a unicorn. The only remaining question is whether you want to read about it tomorrow, from someone else’s wrist.

We offer complimentary worldwide delivery on our watches. If ordering from overseas, delivery will depend on the value of the timepiece and the destination.

Please note that all import taxes and duties are the responsibility of the buyer.

If ordering from Hong Kong before 1 PM HKT, your watch will be sent the same working day. The courier will depend on the value of the watch, with all watches delivered the next working day.

All orders below USD 100 000 are shipped using our insured courier partners. For orders above USD 100 000, we use specialised services used by the jewellery industry for shipping high-value products.

Your satisfaction and trust is of the highest importance to us and we stand by the quality of all of our watches.

We offer a one-year warranty on the mechanical function of all watches bought from us, starting from the day of purchase.

We do not guarantee the waterproofness of any watch and therefore, this warranty also does not cover any cosmetic damage to the case and/or movement by water or moisture entering the watch.

Our warranty does not apply to any accidental damage or mishandling of your watch and excludes the bracelet, case parts (including pushers, winding stem, crown and bezel), watch glass, dial and hands.

CONDITION: Excellent Condition
SPECIFICATIONS: Handcrafted 18k White Gold Double Ellipse Case, Original Salmon Guilloche Dial, Non OEM Leather Strap, Non OEM Steel Buckle, 1996 THG Era (2nd Gen), Fine and Special
MOVEMENT: Zenith El Primero Cal 500
DIMENSIONS: 38 mm x 41 mm

INCLUDED: Hang Tag, Leather Roth Binder, Open Warranty Papers.

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