The Watch Odyssey, DR01 Take-Off

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The Watch Odyssey, DR01 Take-Off

Innovation, even when fundamental, could not exist without a clear-cut demonstration, a benchmark.

Such is precisely the vocation of the DR01 model. This is not a watch but rather a concentration of innovations and windows open to the renewal of mechanical watchmaking for the benefit of the entire watchmaking sector.

«Dominique Renaud» is not a brand…

but the signature of a watchmaking inventor and his team to develop and implement new solutions, initially tested in unique models, the TWELVE FIRST. He will then make his solutions available to the watch industry, which is on the constant lookout for visually spectacular innovations. Dominique Renaud wants to open new paths, find alternatives to the current industry standards and create innovative concepts and design to create surprise, wonder and emotion to pioneer collectors, while improving the functional characteristics of high-end mechanical watches and safeguarding the traditional watchmaking sprit.

Pioneering spirit

This new beating heart, this sublime mechanism that comes to life in the hands of the craftsman brings us back to the wonderful display of watchmaking’s innovative arts, as the ultimate paradox in the digital and computer age, and finally as the expression of absolute luxury: rarity, elegance, precision, originality and flair. Nothing is impossible. Innovation smiles on us. Everything is to be reinvented. Let us open new horizons and get on board The Watch Odyssey with the DR01 take-off.

The Twelve First

The DR01 project will be declined in twelve prototypes only: the TWELVE FIRST. Dominique Renaud’s vision is to embark watch enthusiasts in a pioneering spirit that will allow them to live exciting experiences next to the watchmaker - artist - inventor and actively participate in writing a new chapter in the history of watchmaking. Twelve unique and revolutionary watches, each one customized for the participating pioneer, bearing his name if desired, and a true masterpiece of art and breakthrough innovation crafted in the form of an exceptional mechanical watch with high performance and incomparable design. The pioneer will own a truly unique artwork, a piece of historic importance that will be kept in perfect running condition throughout the project development process and receive any updates without time limit.