SARO-gem produces timepieces that are truly unique masterpieces, literally custom made, incorporating both the beautiful and practical applications of the properties of sapphire. This is truly world class watchmaking, with nothing like it in the current luxury watch market.

Saro-Gem is a 25 year old company that is relatively new to the US market, and is a member of the European Watch Group (EWG). Saro-Gem watches are truly in the league of very exclusive handmade Swiss watches.

When Rolf von Burg drew up the design for this watch, he knew it would be a marvelous timepiece. The case is individually milled from a solid block of Swiss Inox steel, which exhibits similar advantages as 316L stainless steel. SARO-Gem installs a "custom rotor" on each pure Swiss movement used; in the instance of chronographs a handfinished and decorated Swiss ETA Valjoux 7750. SARO plays to their strength and expertise of manipulating sapphire in conjunction with very high grade steel. The sapphire content of a bracelet alone can exceed 60 ct., while sapphire watch crystals can see 12 ct. per pair.

Part of the wonder of SARO is that each piece is handmade to order. SARO watches do not sit in a vault awaiting a home; each is built only after an order is placed. Any SARO-gem creation is invariably pure Swiss handmade using only Swiss parts and suppliers. The timepiece designs vary constantly, depending on dial, case, bezel design and material, bracelet or strap, and diamond selection. In some instances as few as twenty examples may be produced. In the instance of a sapphire bracelet each link is individually created and sequentially numbered.

Chronograph models are based on a pure Swiss ETA Valjoux 7750, 25 Jewel Flyback automatic chronograph, high frequency 4 Hz, Incabloc, decorated with furnace blued screws, and date complication at 4 o’clock. The case is 43mm 4 part design crafted in Inox stainless steel, with convex sapphire top crystal and flat sapphire crystal on case-back. The bezel is crafted from Inox 316L Clous de Paris bezel, with 16 genuine vsi diamonds available in the lug area as an option. The dial is crafted in either red/black or blue/black "Sun Burst" with custom gold dust decoration and 8 genuine vsi diamonds. The hour and minute hands are finished in 18k yellow gold and tipped with luminox. The second hand is finished in black lacquer with with luminox tip. All chronograph hands are also luminox treated.

• SARO-Gem watches are some of the most scratch resistant watches in the world

• Patented Helohedral Sapphire over Stainless Steel Technology
• Patented double gasketed stem crown for better water tightness
• Waterproof to 50 meters (approx. 150 feet)
• 10 year warranty, color appearance, bracelet, movement - excludes dropping
• Watches are IGI certified
• All watches use proven Swiss ETA Valjoux movements
• Modular custom case design
• Sapphire crystal front and back
• BuonGusto 43 Jubilé models limited to 999 pieces (all variants, as few as 20 pcs of a given version may be built - each back case ring is individually numbered)
• Fully customizable from the SARO factory at time of initial assembly. Not an aftermarket add-on
• Hand assembled
• Swiss Made
• Only Swiss parts and suppliers
*Watch Construction Details:*

*Watch hands:*
Base metal of hands is brass, finished in 18k gold for yellow look, and rhodium finished for white look, center filled with luminox.

*Case:*
All parts of the case such as Décor bezel, lower bezel/sealing rings, backs/crystal rings are made of solid stainless steel INOX. Unlike other cases which are pressed or cut, SARO cases are individually milled. To mill the case curve is a lengthy and demanding process of the highest accuracy. The lug area cannot be milled out of the same piece and are processed separately. The cases are hand finished after raw milling.

*Attaching custom lugs to the case:*
This is done using superb precision, and positioned by specifically designed tools, with exact measured quantity of solder (very important) in order not to have any overflows. The assembly is then passed through a high temperature oven to bake to the case, which ensures an integral fit and make them appear as if they where one and the same case piece.

*Dial:*
Base material is brass, a plate of 0.40 mm which is colored/lacquered. Gold dust is introduced by hand into the still wet color thus making each dial different. A transparent lacquer finish is applied to protect the dial, over which the printing of the logo etc. is added. In the final step the diamonds are hand set in jewelry baguette settings (not glued or pressed as this would take away from the light reflection and make the diamonds appear dull).

*Sapphire Bracelet Overlay:* A clear, processed sapphire plate is put into a vacuum oven after the plate has been masked with the decor required. The plate is then deposited under vacuum with the base alloy, afterwards etched and then re-processed to add the other colors onto the glass. The embedded crescents are crafted in 18k white gold.

* **Bracelet:*
A stainless steel base bracelet link is set with the finished, pvd'd sapphire plate. Special formulated epoxy is used to attach the sapphire to the steel bracelet. It will withstand 800 lbs of pull force and the adhesive won't crack after years of use as it is engineered to expand and contract to adhere properly. The hinge assembly is a 2 piece design with the pin holding a center tube which guides and holds the pin in place, facilitating a better movement of the links without risking the pin falling out as the guide pin has a double notch feature. This method also creates a much more sleek look along the side of the bracelet which is high polished; just another design detail which differentiates SARO designs from mass produced products.