Spectacular supercars and spell-binding racing mark success of Roger Dubuis-Pirelli tie-up
Roger Dubuis and Pirelli celebrated their high-octane partnership with a glorious weekend of motorsport that began with the Run To Monaco luxury adventure tour for supercars and culminated with the roar of high-performance engines in overdrive, the squeal of tyres and the cheers of the excited fans at the Monaco Grand Prix.
A Ferrari one-two finish at the Monaxo Grand Prix ensured that Seastien Vettel further widened his lead in the Drivers Championship, while the enthusiasm and excitement that pervaded over the entire week underlined the success of the Roger Dubuis-Pirelli partnership as a true match made in motorsport and horological heaven.
With its fantastic scenery, stunning performance, adrenaline-pumping excitement and total luxury from start to finish, the Run to Monaco undoubtedly qualifies as one of life’s extraordinary experiences, culminating in one of the world’s most famous and lavish motorsports events in the iconic town by the same name.
To mark this outstanding alliance between two leaders in their fields, Roger Dubuis’ master watchmakers have crafted an extra-special range of extraordinary timepieces: the Excalibur Spider Pirelli – Automatic Skeleton.
These exclusive timepieces were unveiled by Roger Dubuis CEO Jean Marc Pontroue recently in Dubai, especially for the brand’s innumerable fans in the Middle East.
“The partnership with Pirelli symbolizes a coming together of brands that are at the absolute peak of their fields. Roger Dubuis has earned the reputation of being a trend-setting, avante garde watchmaker with a unique approach to the craft, while Pirelli’s supreme engineering ensures that their tyres are equal to high-tempo crucible of the world’s toughest race tracks,” said Jean-Marc Pontroue, CEO of Roger Dubuis.
About Roger Dubuis
Roger Dubuis has been at the forefront of contemporary Haute Horlogerie since 1995. Its audacious creations, firmly anchored in the 21st century, embody substantial expertise expressed through the finest watchmaking mechanisms combined with powerful and daring designs. Boldness and extravagance are the brand’s signatures, and determination its driving force.
The Roger Dubuis collections Excalibur and Velvet are distributed worldwide through an exclusive sales network and boutiques. The quest for excellence, the long search for the right gesture, as well as the development of unique skills are all constants of the Geneva-based Swiss Maison.
About Pirelli
Founded in 1872, Pirelli is one of the world’s major tyre operators in terms of sales. With a commercial presence in more than 160 countries, the Group has a production capacity distributed over 18 plants in 12 countries and employs about 30.000 people. Pirelli is also a leader in the production of high and very high end tyres, thanks to its commitment to Research & Development, an area in which it annually invests about 6% of Premium revenues, one of the highest levels in the tyre sector, with the goal of constant improvement of performance and safety and the containment of environmental impact. Present in sporting competitions since 1907, Pirelli is the exclusive supplier for the World Superbike championship and many prestigious single marque championships, but above all of the Formula 1 champion-ship for which it has been the sole supplier since 2011.
The Pirelli Design project is an evolution of the Pirelli PZero project launched by the company in the early 2000’s. The goal, in line with the focus of Pirelli on the Prestige and Premium car segments, is to increase the equity of the Pirelli brand by developing specic design projects to offer unique, iconic and one-of-a-kind products that exploit Pirelli’s technological competencies in conjunction with selected partners who represent excellence in their respective sectors.