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Thursday, May 1, 2025

ROGER DUBUIS – EXCALIBUR Grande Complication Flying Monotourbillon Repeater Edition

  
ROGER DUBUIS EXCALIBUR Grande Complication  Flying Monotourbillon / Perpetual Calendar / Repeater Cold 45mm Exclusive Boutique Edition - 2025

Mr. Roger Dubuis was a dedicated watchmaker who spent his lifetime imagining new and expressive ways to celebrate the most iconic complications. On the 30th anniversary of his namesake Maison, the watchmakers he inspired are proving that their founder’s emotive dream is still in beautiful motion..

 Introducing the Excalibur Grande Complication

Not only does this exclusive timepiece honour 30 years of a singular watchmaking journey, but it also combines the rarity of three prestigious complications and a Biretrograde signature, all stamped by the excellence of Poinçon de Genève certification.

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In high horology, each of these complications is known for its deep complexity in design, and here, they combine as a testament to Roger’s mastery as a watchmaker. His extensive years of industry experience and knowledge propelled him to create timepieces that were not only engineered with his exceptional mechanical skill, but also enhanced by his expressive touch.

This new timepiece allows the Maison to highlight that enduring ethos in true Roger Dubuis form.

The Delicate Unity of Complications

Playing with mechanisms is deeply ingrained in the DNA of this Maison. Mr. Roger Dubuis was fascinated by the world of complications and used his love for the craft to perpetuate and evolve their historic value, while also passing on his knowledge to future generations.

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With that inspiration in mind, the watchmakers at Roger Dubuis delivered their first 100% in-house Grande Complication calibre in 2009. A Grande Complication is the title given to any watch that is fitted with at least three additional functions. The RD0829 fulfilled that stipulation by including three of the most prestigious complications in watchmaking, including a perpetual calendar, a minute repeater, and a flying tourbillon double micro-rotor.

Now, in 2025, the second Grande Complication calibre is born.

Once again, the construction neatly encompasses a perpetual calendar, a minute repeater, and an automatic tourbillon, all within a single refined movement. The Calibre RD118 delivers 60 hours of power reserve and is further accentuated by different finishes that are used across the calibre’s appearance.

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This level of detail allows the timepiece to achieve the esteemed Poinçon de Genève certification, in which every surface of the 684 components must be meticulously hand-decorated. It is also a guarantee of origin, sublime functionality and horological precision.

The Perpetual Calendar

Building a perpetual calendar is no easy feat. For Mr. Roger Dubuis, however, the difficulty was part of the attraction. This was his favourite complication, and as a particularly patient watchmaker, he found great joy in spending time on the mechanism’s intricate craftsmanship. 

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Roger knew that the perpetual calendar was very hard to master, and that “definitely scared everyone.” But his unique approach was all about feelings, and getting these feelings into your hands in order to regulate it properly. It’s the exact sort of passion and dedication that encapsulated his entire lifetime’s work.

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Indeed, the perpetual calendar requires a steady level of perseverance in design. To account for the complexities of the Gregorian calendar, it must be built with a faultless mechanical memory, allowing it to remain accurate for decades into the future. This includes the automatic calculations for months with 28, 30, or 31 days, as well as the adjustment for leap years, which take place every four years. By meeting this necessary and highly elaborate demand, the Excalibur Grande Complication does not require any manual correction until the year 2100 – and then not again for 100 more years.

The Biretrograde Display

This perpetual calendar then goes further still, by presenting its information on a Biretrograde display – which allows the calendar’s hands to move gracefully along the semi-circle scales, before immediately returning to zero at the end of their cycle.

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There are many stand-out milestones in the career of Mr. Roger Dubuis, but his development of the Biretrograde display is one of the most memorable. In partnership with Jean-Marc Wiederrect in the 1980s, he created numerous calibres and registered patents that were truly innovative for their time. One of these was for a co-patented retrograde display system, which the two watchmakers optimized and modernized in their own talented way.

This co-patent later became the basis for the very first Roger Dubuis watch in 1995.

Today, the Biretrograde display seen in the Excalibur Grande Complication includes an individual scale for the day of the week, and another for the day of the month, both equipped with the Excalibur’s skeletonized hands featuring a semi-instantaneous jump. Accompanying the scales, there is also a month disc between 11 and 12 o’clock, and a small leap year indication alongside.

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In the early 1980s, and beyond, Mr. Roger Dubuis also creatively played with the aesthetic codes and technical implications of the Biretrograde display, and this new timepiece shows how that legacy lives on. As well as using heritage font, the enduring Roger Dubuis codes on show include the expressive shape of the scales, which are wide on the outside, and narrow towards the centre. The very same traditional style that appears on the Maison’s original watch from 1995.

There is also a familiar balance in the layout of the complications on the dial. Although slightly tilted by an extra degree, the symmetrical alignment of the perpetual calendar and automatic tourbillon is a graphic tribute to Roger Dubuis timepieces of the past – such as the Millésime pocket watch of 2015.

The Minute Repeater

Sometimes, listening is just as beautiful as looking. With the Excalibur Grande Complication, this sentiment is certainly true, courtesy of the Minute Repeater complication that is built into the calibre.

Invented as a means of telling the time at night before the advent of electric lighting, the Minute Repeater is considered one of the most challenging horological complications and requires the watchmaker to act like a musician – carefully adjusting and fine-tuning the sounds as if the timepiece were an instrument.

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Here, the tritone chime is activated via the pusher on the left-hand side of the case. The information on each cam is mechanically read by the Minute Repeater’s main feeler-spindle system, which passes it on to the racks enabling the hammers to strike the gongs.

Just like the Excalibur Diabolus in Machina, which was released in 2020, Roger DubuisMinute Repeater is distinctive for its musicality, and the special attention paid to its melodic arrangement.  The sound produced is a rather unsettling interval that does not conform to expectations. Known as “the devil’s chord” or the “diabolus in musica” during medieval times, the tritone chime rings a low pitch for the hours, a high pitch for the minutes, and two tones for the quarter hours. Consisting of three tones, or six semitones, the devil’s chord was strictly prohibited in religious compositions. Yet that dissonant interval has still played a crucial role in compositions ever since, typically giving its nuances and colours to the structure of blues music.

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Roger Dubuis has also implemented one other advanced function in this Minute Repeater complication. For extra security, the “all or nothing” mechanism requires the pusher to be pressed all the way in. Only then can the chime be activated, eliminating the risk of harming the mechanism by accidentally triggering it.

The Tourbillon

For Mr. Roger Dubuis, a tourbillon was the perfect way to gain extra space in a calibre - where more complications and aesthetic expression could be added. The Excalibur Grande Complication is the best demonstration of that spirit.

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Positioned between 5 and 6 o’clock, it is a flying construction, like all Roger Dubuis tourbillons, and is built in signature style. From the mirror-polished cage inspired by the Celtic Cross to the ingenious use of lightweight, non-magnetic titanium, it neatly encompasses the Maison’s innovative and spellbinding approach.

Indeed, this gravity-defying mechanism has now become an emblem of the Maison and a familiar sight within Roger Dubuis craftsmanship.

A Rarity to Own

Making its world debut at Watches and Wonders Geneva 2025, the Excalibur Grande Complication is limited to 8 pieces only, making it a rare creation for an exclusive group of afficionados.

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The 45 mm pink gold case is set on an interchangeable 3D brown calf-skin leather strap featuring a pink gold pin buckle, while offering an unrestricted view of the mechanics inside through a transparent sapphire crystal caseback.

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Roger Dubuis has always been committed to crafting timepieces that could not be found anywhere else. As the Maison reaches its 30th anniversary, this timepiece stands as a grand tribute to that dream, and its co-founders' alternative approach to watchmaking that still sparks the imagination today.

#NoRulesOurGame  

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Collection: EXALIBUR 

Model:  EXALIBUR Grande Complication 45 mm

Edition limited to 8 pieces
Boutique exclusive
Poinçon de Genève certified

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Ref. RDDBEX1174  

 SPECIFIC HIGHLIGHTS
    This first edition of our in-house Grande Complication, shows a design consistency throughout the Maison history, with oval ellipse retrograde, wide outside and narrow inside, a graphic balance between 9 and 3 o’ clock, and a satin sunburst main plate.

MOVEMENT
  Calibr  RD118


   Perpetual Calendar, Minute Repeater, Flying Monotourbillon
    Automatic, self-winding
    The Manufacture skillfully crafts 21 distinct finishes in-house on this RD118, including those tailored for the Poinçon de Genève certification.These finishes are meticulously applied to every surface of every single component of every calibre, creating a captivating interplay of matte and polished surfaces. This meticulous process enhances the play of light, that has become the hallmark of Geneva Haute Horlogerie
    Frequency: 3 Hz / 21’600 Vibrations per Hour
    60 Hours pwer reserve
    Diameter lines: 14’ 3/4
    Thickness 11.8 Millimeters
    Number of pieces: 684
    Number of rubis: 65

CASE
    Pink Gold 750/1000 case with open case back Sapphire crystal,
    Diameter: 45 Millimeters
    Thickness: 17.45 Millimeters
    Water resistance: 5 BAR (50m)
DIAL
    Double surface flange, ridged black top and white polished slope, with transferred minute track, polished and gold-plated hour markets with white SLN in the center.
    Calendar display, retrograde and disc, satin-brushed, black, polished rhodium-plated outline, gold plated indications and red dots.
HAND
    Hour, minute hands in pink gold, with satin brushed surfaces and black SLN in the center.
    Retrograde hands in brass coated with pink gold for optimized functioning.
QRS STRAP
According to our non-exotic policy, Excalibur collection is adorned with a premium calf leather strap, interchangeable thanks to Quick Release System.
BUCKLE
Pink gold 750/1000, pin buckle, interchangeable with Quick Release System – QRS

 🔴 Price :  $ 757,500 / CHF 704,500 / EUR 734,000 (excl VAT)   💰

🔰 limited edition of 8 pieces - ❱❱❱ Boutique Exclusive

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Friday, June 14, 2024

ROGER DUBUIS – EXCALIBUR Spider Flyback Chronograph Black 45 Edition

  
ROGER DUBUIS EXCALIBUR Spider Flyback Chronograph Black Titanium/Carbon 45 Exclusive Boutique Edition - 2024

 A Vision in Verde Mantis:
The Excalibur Spider Flyback Chronograph

Leading the charge in sports car-inspired watchmaking, Roger Dubuis has returned to the grid with the third dynamic edition of the Excalibur Spider Flyback Chronograph. Very rarely will you find a Maison so closely aligned with the world of racing, in which supreme engineering, innovative materials, and iconic colours go hand in hand.

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Introducing the new Excalibur Spider Flyback Chronograph. Dominated by its vibrant shade of green, this Hyper Horology™ design completes another lap for the Flyback Chronograph series, which powered onto the scene in 2023.

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This time, Roger Dubuis has created a further tribute to its long-standing partnership with Lamborghini Squadra Corse, who are taking their sports car to the highest level by competing in the Le Mans Daytona Hybrid series. The expressive craftsmanship is injected with the signature colour known as Verde Mantis – a tone that has been at the pulsating heart of Lamborghini Squadra Corse since it began racing over a decade ago.

Commitment to the Chronograph
Last year saw the exhilarating launch of Roger Dubuis’ fifth generation in chronograph design. Not one, but two Excalibur Spider Flyback Chronographs were unleashed, signalling the Maison’s return to this renowned complication – and showcasing a high standard of savoir-faire in every component.

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This commitment to the chronograph is nothing new. Indeed, Mr. Roger Dubuis included this complication in the movement he crafted to obtain his watchmaking school diploma. Even then, it was certified by both the Poinçon de Genève and the Bureaux Suisses de Contrôle Officiel de la Marche des Chronomètres. Naturally, when he started his company in 1995, the chronograph was part of the very first watches he created. It has remained an essential and symbolic part of the Maison's journey ever since then. After almost 30 years of evolution, that journey has culminated in a fifth generation, where the know-how and expressivity has reached a brand-new peak.

The Driving Force
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The RD780 is a movement that embodies Roger Dubuis’ approach to fine watchmaking. It reinterprets tradition in a refreshing and modern way, offering many technical surprises, including two patent-pending innovations in the form of the 120° Rotating Minute Counter and Second Braking System (SBS).

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This contemporary approach to high horology starts right at the very beginning, where the watchmakers are given full creative licence, allowing them to build the calibre from scratch and integrate the chronograph complication into the movement. This is a bold move away from the rational, modular approach (which consists of adding a chronograph module to an already existing movement) and takes many more months to complete. But the extra time means that the entire calibre is designed to both tell the time and measure time, while also expressing its own aesthetic identity.

Highlights include:
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  • A Flyback function that enables the instantaneous restarting of the timer function while the chronograph is running.
  • The vertical clutch, which provides better accuracy and is shaped like the gear-system of a supercar. It is equipped with an innovative Second Braking System (SBS) that is a patent-pending brake and brings extra stability to the chronograph seconds hand and drastically decreases its flicker.
  • A visible column wheel at 6 o’clock. A legendary component and the unmistakeable mark of technical value. Governing the start, stop and return to 0 of the chronograph, it also makes the pushers much smoother to operate.
  • The 120° Rotating Minute Counter (RMC) at 3 o’clock. Crafted with a radical isotoxal shape, it includes a patent-pending tripartite hand that carries the 0, 1 and 2, accurately rotating past the 0-9 digits on the right. In pure Roger Dubuis style, the counter stands out with its large red numbers. Activate the chronograph, and the RMC begins its joyful display.
  • The tilted balance wheel at 9 o’clock. A signature of the Maison, it provides the same level of inertia as a tourbillon, ensures a strong resistance to everyday knocks, and allows better resistance to disturbances. Its 12° inclination brings volume to an already multi-layered design, while the diamond-coated silicon escapement wheel is paired with diamond-coated silicon pallet-stones, delivering anti-magnetic qualities.
  • 72 hours of power reserve.
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Thrusting this calibre further into pole-position, the RD780 is backed by the indisputable Poinçon de Genève certification. This is undoubtedly one of the most demanding signatures of fine watchmaking. Using 16 different types of finishing overall, the Maison has decorated each of the 333 components, while all functions have to be tested both before and after casing. The ultimate level of assurance that only few can offer.

DNA of a Sports Car
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Encapsulating the beauty of a high-performance sports car is a skill that very few watchmakers possess. Roger Dubuis, however, has found its own way to capture that aerodynamic and charismatic spirit, also while incorporating signature touches and intelligent materials.

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This year, Lamborghini celebrates 10 years of racing and will compete at the most prestigious level of covered-wheel motorsport in the Le Mans Daytona Hybrid series. For the occasion, the newly-constructed SC63 has been injected with Lamborghini’siconic Verde Mantis colour. Roger Dubuis is honouring the moment by adorning the new 45mm timepiece in the same vivid shade.


In perfect balance with the Verde Mantis tones, the case is built in lightweight grey carbon, with all the sharp lines, essential notches, and precise symmetry that the Excalibur Spider collection is known for. On top, the ceramic bezel provides hyper resistance to scratches, and is a material that will not tarnish over time.

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Together, the carbon and ceramic are a direct tribute to high-tech sports car construction. Yet for this model, the inspiration goes even further. The Lamborghini SC63 is distinctive for the emblematic “Y” shape of its headlights. To mirror this shared detail, the bar on the dial of the watch has been given the same sleek “Y” shape and is filled with Super-LumiNova™*, echoing the shining headlights of the car racing at night.

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In fact, everywhere you look, there is an abundance of interesting details. Along with skeletonised pushers, the multidimensional architecture features a variety of different surface levels, all arranged with dynamic angles and heights. This includes a lower date display as well as a floating tachymeter scale with its highlighted 88 in tribute to Mr. Roger Dubuis’ lucky number 8.

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Finally, to add irresistible style to the wrist, this Flyback Chronograph is presented on a Verde Mantis rubber strap. Notched for extra volume, it features a Quick Release System that ensures the wearer can change the strap in seconds for more versatility.

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Limited
to 88 pieces only, the Verde Mantis model now joins two other choices in the Flyback Chronograph series, including a version in red and black, and another in khaki green and orange. Together, these three spectacular pieces provide a full range of colourful options, giving sports car enthusiasts the chance to fully express themselves on race day.

*Roger Dubuis is not owner of the trademark Super-LumiNova™

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Collection: EXALIBUR 

Model:  EXALIBUR Spider Flyback Chronograph 45 mm

Edition limited to 88 pieces
Boutique exclusive
Poinçon de Genève certified

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 Ref.   RDDBEX1102

 DESCRIPTION
The adrenaline factor of Roger Dubuis is fueled by raging mechanics. The voracious hedonists, members of the Roger Dubuis tribe, are thrilled by a fast paced life breaking records and defining new rules. Excalibur Spider is the collection reflecting the most this way of life. All watches from this collection are skeletonized to the extreme. Whether that be the calibre, the case or even the hands, everything is reduced to its strict essence in order to infuse the spirit of racing and outdoor challenges into pieces of competition offering World Premiere as a common DNA.

SPECIFIC HIGHLIGHTS
C-SMC carbon case
Second Brake System (SBS)
Column wheel
Vertical coupling clutch
120° Rotating Minute Counter (RMC)

MOVEMENT
Calibr  RD780
• MOVEMENT ENERGY: Automatic, self-winding
• COMPLICATION: Chronograph, Cryptic Date
• CALIBER: The Manufacture skillfully crafts 16 distinct finishes in-house on this RD780, including
those tailored for the Poinçon de Genève certification. These finishes are meticulously applied
to every surface of every single component of every calibre, creating a captivating interplay of
matte and polished surfaces. This process enhances the play of light, that has become the hallmark of Geneva Haute Horlogerie

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• FINISHING: Circular grained and sandblasted main plate and bridges Genève hallmark - patent pending for second brake system and rotating minute counter
• FUNCTIONS: hours, minutes, date, flyback chronograph with central seconds and 120° rotating minute counter
• FREQUENCY: 4 Hz / 28'800 Vibrations per Hour
• POWER RESERVE: 72 Hours
• DIAMETER LINES:  16
Thisckness: 10.7 Millimeters
• NUMBER OF RUBIS: 39
• NUMBER OF COMPONENTS: 310

 CASE
Size: 45mm x 16.1mm 
Carbon case with black notched ceramic bezel and green accents
Sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating
Black DLC titanium open caseback with sapphire crystal
Titanium crown with red lacquered ring
Water Resistance: 10 bar (100 m)
DIAL
Openworked 
    Black lower flange with transferred texts and minute trackstracks. Black upper flange with screw-like
    hour markers rhodium plated and filled with SLN
    Green inside Y décor with SLN in the centre
Double flange with red and green markings and Super-LumiNova hour plots, tachymeter scale - symmetrical bridges with Y-shaped green bars with SLN echoing shape of hypercar's headlights 
Tilted balance wheel visible at 9 o'clock, twin barrels at noon and rotating minutes counter at 3 o'clock with green lacquered numerals 
White gold hour and minute hands with red tips and SLN, red central seconds hand 
Date at 6 o'clock with double digits
HAND
    Three pointer rotating disc for chronograph minute counter with lacquered digits and SLN tips
    White gold 750/1000 hour and minute hands coated with black PVD.Outlined tips filled withSLN
STRAP
Black rubber strap with green rubber inlay -Interchangeable with Quick Release System (QRS)
    Type: Rubber
    Color: Black
Clasp
Black DLC titanium cover with triple-folding clasp - quick-release system
    Type: Titanium

BOX
    Lamborghini branded standard box

 🔴 Price :  $ 107,500 / CHF 104,500 / EUR 95,833 (excl VAT)   💰

🔰 limited edition of 88 pieces - ❱❱❱ Boutique Exclusive

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Email: france.garlot@rogerdubuis.com
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Friday, June 7, 2024

ROGER DUBUIS – EXALIBUR Sunrise Double Tourbillon Gold Edition

 

ROGER DUBUIS EXCALIBUR Sunrise Double Tourbillon Gold 45 Exclusive Edition 2024

A Whirlwind of Colour:
The Excalibur Sunrise Double Tourbillon

Innovative, extravagant, and forever at the forefront of expressive design, Roger Dubuis is a watchmaker like no other. A Maison that perpetuates horological traditions, while simultaneously shaping the future with its own disruptive interpretations.

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This has been the daring ambition within this Swiss manufacture since its inception in 1995. A unique approach fuelled by the dream of Mr. Roger Dubuis himself, who envisioned one-of-kind timepieces for his closest circle of friends. Still today, that drive for exclusivity lives on through the Maison’s bold invention of Hyper Horology™.

This year, Roger Dubuis’ iconic journey continues at Watches & Wonders Geneva 2024 – where the Maison unveils a place like no other to share its tourbillon artistry with the true believers in high horology. To see exactly what sets Roger Dubuis apart, visitors can immerse themselves in not one, but four exciting new releases, each distinguished by complex tourbillon mechanics as well as breath-taking aesthetics.

Introducing the Excalibur Sunrise Double Tourbillon

Powerful colour. Blazing light. Two unmistakeable hallmarks of Roger Dubuis design. This energizing creation has found inspiration in the intense illumination of a breaking dawn. Here, we meet the vision of a radiant sunrise, along with the iconic spark of passionate tourbillon watchmaking.

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  Embellished with a vivid gradient of gemstones, this visibly assertive timepiece shows how vibrant aesthetics can be equally matched by the strength of double tourbillon mechanics.

Double the Tourbillon

The tourbillon, in all its forms, has been at the heart of Roger Dubuis for over 20 years. A signature mechanism for the Maison – and one that demonstrates the utmost skill and expressive spirit of its craft.

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The first Double Tourbillon from the Geneva watchmaker was released in 2005. Inside, the Calibre RD01 linked two tourbillons with a regulating differential – the essential gear system that mitigates the effects of gravity by balancing the two tourbillons. Adding this component in an already complicated mechanism was a technical achievement that marked Roger Dubuis as a watchmaker who never stands still.

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Since that moment, the Maison has continued along its path of Double Tourbillon design. It’s a rare artistry that comes with its own particular set of challenges. None more so than the time required for development and craftsmanship.

Compared to a Monobalancier, for example, a single tourbillon takes twice as long to adjust and assemble. For the Double Tourbillon – it’s around twice as long again. This comes down to the hours required for fine-tuning and ensuring that each of the two mechanisms are aligned in terms of quality and reliability.

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In the new Excalibur Sunrise Double Tourbillon, we see how Roger Dubuis has perfected the technique of this complex watchmaking challenge. Delivering 72 hours of power reserve, the RD108SQ is built from 319 components and features two flying tourbillons, once again linked by a differential.

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And by placing these Double Tourbillons within a skeletonized framework, the Maison reveals a moving world of finely decorated surfaces and pure aesthetics – all endorsed by Poinçon de Genève certification - which not only guarantees the provenance and reliability of the watch, but also the quality of craftsmanship, whereby each surface of every component has been hand-decorated. A total of 17 different types of finishing were executed on the movement.

Beauty on the Rise

Never to outshine the superb mechanics of this watch, the burst of colour surrounding the body is formed from 108 gems. Each high-quality stone is baguette-cut with sublime precision and arranged in a sunrise gradient around the timepiece. With 72 on the bezel, 27 on the astral signature, and 9 on the flange, a spectacular effect is achieved, allowing the wearer to stand out in full luminosity.

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For the red stones, the Maison chose the vivid shades of garnet. Bestowing vitality and charisma, their rich beauty is the ideal match for the sunrise’s deepest tone. On the next level of the gradient, the colours are produced in orange spessartite – a prized gem known for its high sparkle and mandarin shine. Finally, Roger Dubuis has selected the unrelenting energy of yellow sapphire for the lightest stones. A joyful hue that completes the morning inspiration.

Even more warmth is achieved through the glow of 18K pink gold, which Roger Dubuis has used for the 45 mm case of this masterpiece.
 
Energy in Full Flow

Limited to just 8 pieces, the Excalibur Sunrise Double Tourbillon is an extravagant watch for connoisseurs. Why be subtle, when you can deliver a timepiece with two high-performing tourbillons, and a radiance that exceeds expectations?

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This powerful design is proof of Roger Dubuis’ expert craftsmanship. Through expressive aesthetics and mechanical prowess, the Maison has established the tourbillon as a signature of its watchmaking, and shown itself as a master of this iconic art. Here, that expressivity is a symbol of the new dawn, where intentions and aspirations are always within reach.

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The Excalibur Sunrise Double Tourbillon is unveiled at Watches and Wonders Geneva 2024, as part of four new tourbillons to be released this year, also including The Orbis In Machina, the Excalibur Titanium Monotourbillon, and the Excalibur Dragon Monotourbillon.
  

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Visitors to the display can immerse themselves in the innovation and extravagance on show, where Roger Dubuis’ unmistakeable Hyper Horology™ is waiting to be discovered inside a temple-like sanctuary dedicated to the Maison’s pillars of watchmaking expertise.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Collection: EXALIBUR

Model:  EXALIBUR Sunrise Double Tourbillon MT Edition

Limited edition of 8 pieces
• Boutique exclusive
• Poinçon de Genève

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  DESCRIPTION 

The skeleton calibres manufactured by Roger Dubuis in Geneva are the essence of the
expressive singularity of the Excalibur collection. Complying with one of the most
respected certifications of Haute Horlogerie, the Poinçon de Genève, the Excalibur watches
are designed like contemporary works of art. Every single component being finished by
hand, the watches are symbols of passion. The work of hyper-skilled craftsmen is at the
forefront of each watch with a direct view on the creative mechanics making these pieces
more alive than ever.

SPECIFIC HIGHLIGHTS
• The iconic skeleton double flying tourbillon, the expertise of Roger Dubuis highly-skilled
watchmakers.
• Our astral signature is set with intense colored baguette-cut gemstones inspired by the
gradations of sunrise, for a powerful hedonistic edition.

MOVEMENT
Calibr  RD108
    Skeleton, Double Flying Monotourbillon with differential
    Manual-winding
    Finishes: The Manufacture skillfully crafts 17 distinct finishes in-house on this RD108,
including those tailored for the Poinçon de Genève certification. These finishes are
meticulously applied to every surface of every single component of every calibre, creating a
captivating interplay of matte and polished surfaces. This meticulous process enhances the
play of light, that has become the hallmark of Geneva Haute HorlogerieHorlogerie
    Frequency: 2x 3 Hz / 21’600 Vibrations per Hour
    Power Reserve: 72 Hours
    Diameter Lines: 16’ 3/4

    Thickness: 7.35 Millimeters
    Number of pieces: 319
    Number of rubis: 32

CASE
    Pink Gold 750/1000 case with open case back Sapphire crystal and
    Pink Gold 750/1000 bezel set with 72 stones (red garnets, orange spessartites and yellow sapphires)
    Diameter: 45 Millimeters
    Thickness: 14.66 Millimeters
    Water resistance: 10 BAR (100m)
DIAL
Pink gold coated double surface flange, satin-brushed, with transfered texts, polished and pink gold plated hour markers set with 9 stones (red garnets, orange spessartites and yellow sapphires)
HANDS
Triple surface hands in Pink gold 750/1000 with satin brushed finish on the tilted surfaces and shotblasted finish on the flat surface, Black SLN tips
STRAP
According to our non-exotic policy, Excalibur collection is adorned with a premium calf leather strap,
interchangeable thanks to Quick Release System.
BUCKLE
Pink gold 750/1000, triple folding buckle interchangeable with Quick Release System.

BOX  Standard

  🔰  Limited Edition - Only of 8 pieces ❱❱❱ Online Exclusive

 🔴 Price  upon request 💰

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Email: france.garlot@rogerdubuis.com
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