Romain Gauthier: The Insider’s Watch The top-quality, little-known Swiss brand that makes simple but exquisitely crafted watches. Why sophisticated collectors are buying into this understated watchmaker. Romain Gauthier is a barely known, independent watchmaker producing some of the finest “simple” watches available on the market today. For this brand, less is more, and it produces a collection of modern yet classically styled watches devoted to indicating only the hours, minutes, and, at most, seconds. Prices start at $48,000.