RGM

RGM is an American watch manufacture. RGM was founded in 1992 by watchmaker Roland G. Murphy who still leads the company. RGM is most famous for manufacturing in-house calibers, it also manufactures other watch parts and cases. RGM is one of the few independent watch brands that offers grand complication watches. Among the collections are the RGM Chronograph, RGM American Made, RGM Pilot, RGM Specialty, RGM Classic, RGM Grand Complications.

RGM to Duet with Martin Guitar

RGM D200: The Sound of Time

To celebrate Martin Guitar’s 2 millionth guitar, RGM Watch Co. (also based in Pennsylvania) helped create a one-of-a-kind model with a manual-wind RGM watch (based on the company's Caliber 20) built into the headstock of the instrument.

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Dec 19, 2016 by Roger Ruegger

"Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy" Extra:

Six Noteworthy Vintage-Inspired Watches Spotted at WatchTime New York 2016

At WatchTime New York 2016, I was drawn to the vintage-inspired watches showcased by many of the brands, and spent much of my time over the two days carousing from booth to booth and going hands-on with as many as possible. Here are six that stood out the most to me, from brands such as Vacheron Constantin, Seiko, and RGM.

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Oct 20, 2016 by Caleb Anderson

WatchTime New York 2016: Meet the Independents

WatchTime New York 2016 is underway, and the show's exhibitors will include a large contingent of independent watch brands. Some you may know, others not so much. Here’s a rundown.

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Oct 14, 2016 by Norma Buchanan

23 Highlight Watches You’ll See at WatchTime New York 2016

The wait is nearly over! WatchTime New York, America's luxury watch show, kicks off tomorrow at Manhattan's Gotham Hall and boasts more than 20 luxury watch brands exhibiting their collections, including new models introduced since Baselworld 2016 and rarely seen in the U.S.

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Oct 14, 2016 by Mark Bernardo

Showing at WatchTime New York 2016: RGM Caliber 20

WatchTime takes a look at RGM's Caliber 20, part of the exclusive fraternity of “Made in the U.S.A.” watch movements manufactured entirely at brand founder Roland G. Murphy’s small atelier in Pennsylvania’s Lancaster County, a traditional center of watchmaking since the 1800s.

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Sep 10, 2016 by Mark Bernardo

Dive Watch Wednesday: Diving into WatchTime New York 2015

If you are as much into dive watches as we are at DiveIntoWatches.com, last week’s WatchTime New York event offered at least 30 additional very good reasons to visit the show at Gotham Hall. And just in case you missed it, here is a comprehensive overview of what the sponsoring brands had on display (from...

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Oct 28, 2015 by Roger Ruegger

20 Brands, 20 Highlight Watches: Here’s What You’ll See at WatchTime New York 2015

The wait is over! WatchTime New York, America’s largest luxury watch show, starts tonight at Gotham Hall and features 20 sponsoring watch brands displaying their new timepieces for 2015. Scroll down to see each brand’s showcase watch, and click on the links for detailed reports on each.

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Oct 23, 2015 by Mark Bernardo

RGM Donates Watch for Auction to Rebuild Playground

Pennsylvania-based watch brand RGM has joined a group of fellow local businesses and community residents in Mount Joy, PA, who have pledged financial assistance in the effort to rebuild “Kid’s Joy Land,” a community-built playground destroyed in an arson fire in 2012. To help raise the more than $100,000 needed for the rebuilding project, RGM...

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Sep 22, 2015 by Mark Bernardo

Showing at WatchTime New York 2015: RGM 801 Corps of Engineers Watch

On October 23 and 24, WatchTime stages its biggest and most luxurious watch collectors’ event to date, WatchTime New York, in Manhattan’s Gotham Hall. (Click here for event details and to purchase tickets). Among the luxury watch brands displaying their wares at WatchTime New York will be U.S.-based RGM, which will showcase its new vintage-inspired...

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Aug 29, 2015 by Mark Bernardo

Home Grown: Testing the RGM 801 Aircraft

What do you get when you cross a historical, American-made pocketwatch with a clock made for military aircraft? You’re reading about it right now. The 801 Aircraft, from RGM, the Lancaster County-based watch company owned by watchmaker Roland Murphy, is a past-meets-present creation that completes a unique clock-pocketwatch-wristwatch timekeeping trifecta. The dial and hands were...

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Jun 23, 2015 by WatchTime

RGM Watches: Roland G. Murphy’s American Way

We spoke with Roland G. Murphy, founder of RGM Watch Company, and took an in-depth look at his highly respected portfolio of RGM watches, including RGM's Pennsylvania Tourbillon watch and RGM's Pennsylvania Series 801 watch.

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Apr 20, 2015 by Joe Thompson

Horology Comes to Steeltown: Kobold’s Spirit of America

The Kobold Watch Company recently moved from Pittsburgh to Pennsylvania’s Amish country. In this article from our archives, we tell the story behind Kobold’s U.S.-made Spirit of America watch, and how the brand ended up in the Steel City in the first place.

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Apr 20, 2015 by Mark Bernardo

New from RGM Watch Company: Pro Aviator and “Baseball in Enamel”

This month RGM Watch Co. is launching two very different watches: the Pro Aviator pilots’ watch, and a limited edition Baseball watch with a grand feu enamel dial, inspired by a rare, vintage Waltham pocket watch. Grand feu means “great fire” in French, and it took RGM founder Roland Murphy three years to locate an...

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Oct 16, 2014 by WatchTime

Highlight Watches From WatchTime’s IBG 2014 Watch Collector Events

The sponsoring luxury watch brands for WatchTime’s “Inside Basel.Geneva” series of watch collector events have really strutted their stuff this year. As noted by WatchTime’s IBG event partner, watch collector and aficionado Jeff Kingston, not only did each brand have a broad selection from its collection on display at the opening event in Chicago —...

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Sep 12, 2014 by Mark Bernardo

Press Release: WatchTime E-Special: Modern American Watchmakers

New York City (NY): Watchtime.com, the website of America’s best-selling watch magazine, WatchTime, has published a new E-Special, “Modern American Watchmakers.” This downloadable e-special can be found here: http://watchtime-shop.com/specials/watchtime-e-special-modern-american-watchmakers.html

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May 14, 2014 by Carina Friedrich

RGM Marks 20 Years With Third In-House Caliber

RGM, the pioneering Pennsylvania-based watch brand founded in 1992 by Roland G. Murphy, turns 20 years old in 2012. Murphy commemorated the anniversary in the manner he knows best: by developing his brand’s third in-house mechanical movement, called Caliber 20, and outfitting it in a new watch that RGM introduced at January’s Geneva Time Exhibition.

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Feb 18, 2013 by Mark Bernardo

Chronoswiss Sold to Swiss Investor

Munich-based watchmaker Chronoswiss has been sold to Swiss entrepreneur Oliver Ebstein, 37, and his wife Eva Maria. The Lucerne-based owners are new to the watch industry, and they have said that Chronoswiss will be owned by them privately, rather than through their investment company Meru AG.

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Feb 22, 2012 by WatchTime

2010: The Year In Review Quiz, Part II

Once again we look at the biggest and smallest stories of the year. Were you paying attention? As always, the answers appear at the end. Good luck!

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Jan 2, 2011 by WatchTime

RGM Updates Website and Adds Trade-in Program

RGM Watches has redesigned its website, making additional information available and easier to find. The site is also integrating its content with popular social networking sites Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, allowing fans to receive updates instantly. The site’s navigation is now upgraded, making it more consistent and intuitive.

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Aug 6, 2010 by WatchTime

RGM Launches the First USA Series-Made Tourbillon

RGM Watch Company announces the launch of America’s first serially-produced tourbillon movement, the Caliber MM 2 “Pennsylvania Tourbillon”. The company’s new flagship mechanical movement will be produced by hand at its Lancaster, Pennsylvania facility and it will power a small, numbered series of watches available both as a standard model and as custom-ordered pieces.

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Apr 30, 2010 by WatchTime

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