Spider-Man web slings his way into SIHH 2018 with Romaine Jerome’s new timepiece
Romain Jerome continues to focus on entertainment legends with its latest offering, a timepiece created in collaboration with Marvel Comics
Just like Peter Parker was bitten by a spider, a growing number of contemporary pop culture lovers have been bitten by a watch bug of a different sort: RJ-Romain Jerome.
Its latest creation, RJ x Spider-Man, is a hand-wound ticking marvel bearing a red hand-lacquered spider on top of the skeletonised movement. The web symbol of the superhero is metallised onto the inside centre of the caseback sapphire crystal glass – giving the visual impression of a net holding the see-through creation in place.
The RJ004M, the mechanical manually wound movement, is served with a black chrome finish on its skeletonised parts, which feature both straight bridges and chamfered angles.
All is housed in the round, 48mm Skylab case which has been given a black PVD coating with a satin finish. The case, with four paws at 2, 4, 8 and 10 o’clock, is becoming a hallmark for the Geneva-based independent brand.
RJ x Spider-Man, a collaboration with Marvel Entertainment, celebrates the web-mastering cartoon figure that first entered our collective conscience in 1962.
RJ-Romain Jerome has not forgotten its roots, though. When the brand started in 2004, its claim was the “DNA of famous legends” – which was well deserved for its first collection, with watches made from metal melted together with a piece from the Titanic.
Next up was the Moon collection, which used the same technology: a piece of the legendary moon lander Apollo 11 was fused with new metal, and they also mixed moon sand with silver for some parts.