RJ
| Private | |
| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Luxury watchmaking |
| Founded 📆 | 2004 |
| Founder 👔 | |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | Eysins Switzerland |
Area served 🗺️ | |
Key people | Marco Tedeschi (CEO & Creative Director) |
| Products 📟 | Watches |
| Members | |
Number of employees | 30 |
| 🌐 Website | rjwatches.com |
| 📇 Address | |
| 📞 telephone | |
RJ is a Swiss luxury watch manufacturer based in Eysins, Switzerland.[1] Founded in 2004, the company designs and manufactures limited edition timepieces made with historical materials like fragments of the Apollo 11 spacecraft.[2] [3] The other big concept of the brand is the link it makes between popular culture and horology.[4] RJ collaborates with entertainment companies like Marvel to produce watches inspired by superheroes and famous DC comics villains.[5] [6]
Collections[edit]
Since its foundation, one of the company’s concepts that has prevailed is the inclusion of historic materials in its watches in what is referred to as the DNA collection.
There are also RJ's Collaboration watches inspired by famous comic superheroes like Batman and Spider-Man, or the most iconic video games of the 80s like Super Mario, Space Invaders and Pac-Man.[7][8]
Notable Models[edit]
| Year of launch | Model | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Titanic-DNA | A watch containing steel from the Titanic[9] |
| 2009 | Moon Dust-DNA | A watch containing Moon Dust[10] |
| 2011 | Space Invaders | A watch inspired by the 80s arcade game Space Invaders[11] |
| 2014 | Batman | RJ’s first collaboration with Warner Bros & DC Comics to celebrate Batman’s 75th anniversary[12] |
| 2018 | Spider-Man | A watch inspired by Spider-Man for RJ's first collaboration with Marvel[13][14] |
| ARRAW Marine | RJ's signature collection[15] | |
| ARRAW The Joker | Watches inspired by two DC Comics villains following a second partnership with Warner Bros and DC Comics[16] [17] | |
| ARRAW Two-Face | ||
| 2019 | ARRAW 6919 | A watch that contains parts of the Apollo 11 spacecraft and RJ’s first in-house complication which is a moon phase[18] |
| ARRAW Star Twist | The first collection entirely dedicated to women that is also inspired by space[19] | |
| ARRAW Spider-Man Tourbillon | Watches inspired by Spider-Man following a collaboration with Marvel. They both feature RJ’s first movement manufactured entirely in-house[20] | |
| ARRAW Spider-Man Stealth Tourbillon | ||
| ARRAW Spider-Man | A watch inspired by Spider-Man with a skeleton movement[21] |
References[edit]
- ↑ Swiss Confederation “RJ Watches SA, www.shab.ch
- ↑ Foundation High Horology RJ, www.hautehorlogerie.com
- ↑ Forbes (March 14, 2019) Now You Can Wear A Part Of The Apollo 11 Spacecraft On Your Wrist With The RJ Arraw 6919 Watch, Roberta Naas, www.forbes.com
- ↑ Business Insider (October 14, 2019) https://www.businessinsider.fr/us/rj-watches-ceo-marco-tedeschi-success-passion-luck-2019-10 The millennial CEO at the head of one of the most controversial luxury watch brands in the world credits his success to two key factors: passion and luck], Caralynn Lippo, www.businessinsider.fr]
- ↑ Forbes (October 6, 2019) RJ Produces ‘Joker,’ ‘Two-Face’ DC Comics Villain Watches With Warner Brothers, Roberta Naas, www.forbes.com]
- ↑ Watchespedia (October 16, 2019) MARVEL X RJ, www.watchespedia.com
- ↑ Monochrome Watches (February 7, 2018) RJ Romain Jerome RJ x Spider-Man – The New “Generational Icon” Model is Daring…, Brice Goulard, www.monochrome-watches.com
- ↑ A Blog To Watch (June 19, 2018) RJ Pac-Man Level III Watch, Travis Cannata, www.ablogtowatch.com
- ↑ Watch Time (December 5, 2019) Second Life: Nine Watches Featuring “Upcycled” Materials www.watchtime.com
- ↑ New Atlas (February 2, 2009) Romain Jerome's Moon Dust-DNA watch collection (with real moon dust), Mike Hanlon, www.newatlas.com
- ↑ Hypebeast (June 22, 2011) Space Invaders x Romain Jerome Watch, Eugene Kan, www.hypebeast.com
- ↑ Monochrome Watches (October 28, 2014) Introducing The Romain Jerome Batman-DNA, Robin Nooy, www.monochrome-watches.com
- ↑ The New York Times (February 16, 2018) RJ x Spider-Man: Marvel Moves Into Watches, ww.nytimes.com
- ↑ Watches by SJX (January 16, 2018) SIHH 2018: Romain Jerome Puts Spider-Man on the Wrist, Cheryl Chia, www.watchesbysjx.com
- ↑ L'Officiel USA The Geneva watchmaker presents “ARRAW”, its first permanent collection designed as a winner, following on from the “RJ Collaboration” and “RJ DNA” lines., www.lofficielusa.com
- ↑ Hypebeast (October 8, 2019) RJ Meticulously Crafts Swiss-Manufactured 'Joker' Watch Limited to 100 Pieces, Eric Brain, www.hypebeast.com
- ↑ Luxury Launches Romain Jerome’s latest limited editions celebrate two of Batman’s biggest enemies: The Joker and Two-Face, Sayan Chakravarty, www.luxurylaunches.com
- ↑ Watch Time (August 22, 2019) To the Moon and Back: RJ Arraw 6919 Series Features Patented Moon-Phase, Apollo 11 Steel, Mark Bernardo, www.watchtime.com
- ↑ Watchuseek (April 3, 2019) RJ Star Twist, The First Arraw Watch for Women, Michael Weare, www.watchuseek.com
- ↑ Forbes (October 15, 2019) Marvel Studios Turns To RJ For Haute Horology Spider-Man Tourbillon Watch, Roberta Naas, www.forbes.com
- ↑ Day & Night (November 29, 2019) RJ channels Spider-Man in latest novelty, www.dayandnightmagazine.com
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