![]() Inside the watch is a movement that represents Roger Dubuis’ current “star theme.” You can see the rough star shape in the movement bridges whose arms have their focal point right over the center of the mainspring barrel. The strap, indeed, needs to be custom for Roger Dubuis because of the “split” where the lug middle-piece is meant to go between the strap ends. I make it a point to shoot the spring-loaded deployant buckle here because I felt it was both ergonomic and slim. The wonderful custom blue, soft calf-leather strap is interesting-looking and also very comfortable. I don’t know that Roger Dubuis is solving any age-old horological questions by using this alloy as a case material, but it sure makes for good storytelling and will likely prove to be much more durable over time than, say, a carbon case.Ĭobalt mixed with blue is a lovely combination of colors and exactly what Roger Dubuis did with the theme of this watch. The shine of the steel-like surface is attractive, and the weight of the case is more than steel. The case is also water-resistant and sandwiched with two AR-coated sapphire crystals.įor this particular limited edition (of 88 pieces) Excalibur Tourbillon watch, Roger Dubuis decided to use an interesting industrial alloy from mostly the automotive industry known as “CarTech® Micro-Melt® BioDur® CCM®.” That’s a lot of trademarks! In essence, it is a highly durable and corrosion-resistant cobalt-chromium-molybdenum metal alloy that benefits from powder metallurgy and vacuum induction melting, which means it can be formed with a lot of flexibility into precise shapes - sort of perfect for a watch case material. I also happen to particularly like this 42mm-wide case size for the Excalibur, which just happens to be really comfortable on my wrist and I think offers nice proportions to the longstanding Excalibur, case which is typified by the particular notched bezel and center element between the lugs. Porter, an authorized Roger Dubuis dealer.Īs wild as some people find Excalibur styling, this is really a watch you could wear every single day when it comes to comfort, style, and overall durability. I got to check out this Roger Dubuis watch when meeting with Mr. Somewhere in the middle is this single flying tourbillon Excalibur reference DBEX0838 that comes in an interesting cobalt alloy metal case. ![]() ![]() These are current underdogs of value and style, and run the gamut from micro-rotor-based automatic movements to complex double tourbillons. In my opinion, the Roger Dubuis Excalibur watch collection is going to receive a lot more attention from collectors over the next few years. ![]()
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