Rousseau Gents Fugue Automatic Multi-Function Watch

Rugged and dependable, the Rousseau 'Fugue' has also been built with an incredible sense of style and timekeeping utilities. Speaking of utilities, this watch has certainly been crafted with a plethora of complications from a dual set of rotating chapter rings to 3 subsidiary dials that offer their own additions to the timekeeping whole. A strong, brush-polished stainless steel case will feel heavy on your wrist, while the soft cowhide leather strap provides an excellent finishing statement to this piece.

One of the oldest watches bearing a signature from a Geneva Master Watchmaker lies in the Cluny Museum, Paris, France. The signature is that of Jean Rousseau engraved upon the case of a watch taking the form of Death's Head. In engraving his signature upon such a startling creation, perhaps Rousseau cheated mortality somewhat. Less romantic is the notion that years of making timepieces must have agreed with him, for he lived to be an old man of nearly 80, from 1606 to 1684.

Whether or not one cares to read a mystery into Jean Rousseau's legacy, the truth of the matter is he is quite immortal. Mortality, however, was not cheated. Immortality was earned.

And so, today the Rousseau family of watches carries on as immortal as time itself, as memorable as the genius-family of watchmakers. These timepieces carry the spirit of their namesake with movements as smooth as the heavens with a polished glacial finish, and as sturdy and firm as the mountains surrounding a Swiss village.