Just in case men were to feel just a tiny bit neglected in 2016, Roger Dubuis offers a dramatic bang-on-trend reminder that it remains as closely attuned as ever the world of the chivalrous Warrior, including today’s urban version of that legendary virile figure.
First presented at the SIHH 2015, the Excalibur Automatic Skeleton became Roger Dubuis’ first non-tourbillon skeleton timepiece, powered by its first skeletonised automatic movement. For its brave new charge in 2016, this all-conquering model now appears in a spectacular new interpretation clad in a high-tech composite known as carbon fibre sheet moulding compound (SMC).
In its latest iteration, the Excalibur Automatic Skeleton has been treated to some brand-new gear that proves an ideal match for its avant-garde tech-watch approach. A lightweight material greatly appreciated in the aerospace industry with its need for fuel-efficient aircraft, sheet moulding compound (SMC) boasts extremely high productivity and cost efficiency, while also enabling excellent part reproducibility and the possibility of creating components with complex shapes and integrated functions. SMC is produced by compressing carbon fibres with resin and steel moulded at extremely high temperatures, which is then reworked and compounded with resin.
Product Design Director Lionel Favre explains how “Mechanical reality with all its technical constraints must be taken into account at all stages in this sophisticated process. The result is a supremely sporty, patently technical look for a material that is twice as light and twice as hard as steel.” The resulting super-technical look is complemented by an alligator leather/rubber strap setting the perfect finishing touch.
Technical specifications
Excalibur Skeleton Automatic
Case: Ø 42 mm, Compound Carbon.
Thickness: 12.14 mm.
Dial: Skeleton, black flange, red minute-circle,
white Roger Dubuis, Poinçon de Genève and swiss made
transfers,white gold appliques, skeleton hands in gold.
Water Resistance: 3 BAR (30 m).
Strap: Black, genuine alligator and rubber.
Clasp: Black DLC Titanium adjustable folding clasp.
Calibre: Self-winding movement with micro-rotor, RD820SQ.
Production: No limitation.
Certification: Poinçon de Genève.
RD820SQ Calibre: Automatic Skeleton
Features: Self-winding mechanical calibre.
Functions: Hours and minutes.
Decorations: Skeleton calibre with skeleted microrotor,
charcoal grey rhodium-plated, circular-grained
plate, “Poinçon de Genève” finishings.
Number of parts: 167 components.
Jewels: 35
Diameter: 16’’
Thickness: 6.38 mm
Frequency: 4Hz (28’800 vph)
Power-reserve: 60 hours
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 Hommage, Excalibur, Velvet, Pulsion and La Monégasque 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 Genevabased Swiss Maison.
The fully integrated Manufacture Roger Dubuis is the only watchmaker in the world to have all of its precious timepieces embossed with the Poinçon de Genève, a guarantee of the finest craftsmanship.
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