At the golden dawn of the Lunar New Year, Roger Dubuis ignites its tourbillon craftsmanship once more, delivering a bold flourish of creativity inspired by the Year of the Dragon. An emphatic moment to introduce the Excalibur Dragon Monotourbillon. The Year of the Dragon arrives only once every 12 years and its rarity deserves a timepiece befitting of its stature. Therefore, the Excalibur Dragon Monotourbillon is Roger Dubuis’ powerful and unrivaled tribute to this auspicious occasion in a limited edition of only 28 pieces.
The Roger Dubuis Excalibur Dragon Monotourbillon is a tribute to the Lunar New Year. This has been achieved by depicting the fearless creature with an assured conceptual rhythm, leaving room for interpretation, and inviting the wearer to set their imagination free. Marking the Lunar New Year, this 42mm Poinçon de Genève watch is made from EON-Gold pink gold —Roger Dubuis proprietary alloy— and is mounted with a robust brass bezel, which itself has been given a pink gold galvanic treatment, along with indexes filled with black Super-LumiNova.
The Excalibur Dragon Monotourbillon features a dragon crafted from 27 individual pieces of brass each embellished with black lacquer on the sides and a pink gold treatment on the polished top surface. In typically inventive style, the pieces are set on 25 different levels, producing a 3D vision that is full of volume and vitality.
Turning the watch over reveals the same flowing dragon, this time metallized on the inside of the case back’s sapphire crystal. Precisely matching the view from the front, this stunning addition gives the dragon full power, no matter which side you are looking from.
While the dragon reigns supreme in the aesthetics of this timepiece, Roger Dubuis has coupled the design with the authority of its Monotourbillon Calibre RD512SQ. As expected, Roger Dubuis has uniquely approached this tourbillon mechanism. Since 2008, the Maison has been reinventing the craft by using skeletonization as a starting point for each design. To reduce the material inside the calibre, more hours of milling are needed, and more facetted surfaces are therefore produced, leading to even more hours for decoration.
Finally, it’s fascinating to note that Roger Dubuis only makes Flying Tourbillons. Unlike traditional versions, the Flying Tourbillon is only mounted on one side, with no supporting bridge on top. Again, more beautiful to look at, yet more difficult to create, because stability must be guaranteed. A challenge that the Geneva watchmaker has successfully achieved through a high-performing Flying Tourbillon built from 63 components.
Additionally, the RD512SQ Calibre includes a lower tourbillon cage in non-magnetic titanium —twice lighter than stainless steel. Going even further, the upper tourbillon cage is produced in mirror-polished Cobalt Chrome —also non-magnetic— which enables the weight of the piece to be reduced by 16%. As a result, the calibre shows greater resistance to magnetic fields and a power reserve of 72 hours when fully wound.
This watch is limited to 28 pieces, with a quick-release black calfskin strap, which enables the strap to be switched in seconds.
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