====== Roth, Daniel ======
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  *See Also [[Daniel Roth]]

**Daniel Roth** is a watchmaker and founder of the [[namesake]] watch manufacturerer, [[Daniel Roth]].

===== Biography =====
Daniel Roth was born in [[1945]] in France but close to [[Geneva]] and was always fascinated by watches. He idolized [[Abraham Louis Breguet]] and pledged to follow in the footsteps of the great watchmaker. This brought him to enroll at the [[Horological School of Le Sentier]].

Roth worked for three of the leading Swiss watchmakers from [[1972]] through [[1988]], refining his craft and knowledge. This included a time at [[Jaeger-LeCoultre]] and a focus on [[ultra-thin]] movements for [[Audemars Piguet]], both in [[Le Sentier]], as well as years at [[Chaumet]] in [[Le Brassus]] spent refining his craft. He rose to become technical manager for Chaumet, producing watches that drew comparison to the products of [[Breguet]].

In [[1988]], Roth founded his own company in [[Le Sentier]], launching the **[[Daniel Roth]]** brand the following year. He chose Italy as his initial market, since the country was known to favor complicated watches in precious metal cases. In [[1991]], Roth partnered with [[Siber Hegner]] to market his watches worldwide.

[[Daniel Roth]] brand watches were instantly recognizable by their characteristic case shape A combination of circle, square and oval unique to him. He specialized in [[tourbillon]] watches, [[retrograde]] hands, and other [[complication]]s.

In [[1994]] Roth sold his company to the Singapore-based trading house [[The Hour Glass]], which already distributed most of his watches. Roth remained with the company, however, and was responsible for many of their complications in the 1990s. In [[2000]] the Italian luxury group [[Bulgari]] took over the brand, which was merged with the [[Gerald Genta]] brand and is now a model line under Bulgari within [[LVMH]].

After [[2000]], Daniel Roth continued to pursue his own watch projects separate from his brand. Roth produced a few watches a year in his home for special clients. He was an active part of [[Maître du Temps]], an association of master watchmakers and in [[2009]], Roth co-created the [[Maître du Temps Chapter Two]] with [[Peter Speake-Marin]].


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