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The second season of Roger Dubuis's winning association with
Pirelli was launched at the Monaco F1 Grand Prix, with the launch of the new
Excalibur Spider Pirelli Single Flying Tourbillon.
Minutes after the race finished with Daniel Ricciardo of Red Bull
Racing crossed the line and took the chequered flag, this super high-spec model
hit the watchmaking track with a strap matching the colour of the winning car
tyres. The adrenalin-pumping range of new design options included a
complementary Pit Stop Collector Box of interchangeable straps – each echoing
the high-rev partnership between the brand that dares to be different and the
iconic tyre maker.
Roger Dubuis thundered onto the motorsports scene with some
show-stopping timepieces in 2017, launched at equally ‘disruptive’ events. The
launches of its Perfect Fit and Raging Mechanics partnerships with Pirelli and
Lamborghini… These high-profile liaisons provide ideal opportunities to invite
Roger Dubuis clients into the hallowed arenas of cutting-edge motorsports and
to demonstrate in no uncertain terms what happens when visionary engineers meet
with incredible watchmakers. In 2018, the term “flying” at Roger Dubuis refers
not only to a spectacular horological complication, but also to its overall
performance as it rolls out new additions to the iconic Excalibur family.
Exclusive colour coding
The latest embodiment of this relationship with racing royalty
comes with the exclusively developed Roger Dubuis expression of Pirelli’s
famous distinguishing colour codes in the strap which features rubber inlays
from certified Pirelli winning tyres having competed in official races. Ramping
up their alliance with a model featuring one of the ultimate watch
complications, the gravity-defying tourbillon, Roger Dubuis and Pirelli go the
extra mile on this lap with the Excalibur Spider Pirelli Single Flying
Tourbillon. What’s more, this sophisticated feat of mechanical engineering
comes with an ultra-select sting in the tail. The race finish provided hardcore
motorsports fans and watch aficionados alike with plenty of cause for
excitement as, minutes after the chequered flag was waved, the super-hot new
Roger Dubuis timepiece roared off the launch grid in its exclusive new livery.
Followers were stunned to see that not only does the strap colour of the new
arrival match the tyres of the newly crowned winning driver’s car, and even
more thrilled to learn than that the exclusive boutique version will be
delivered with a PitStop Collector Box.
This motorsports-inspired set contains no less than seven
different straps echoing the seven Pirelli tyre colours used for competitions
during the previous season. Each conveys part of the Pirelli logo positioned on
the side of every high-speed motor racing tyre and is engraved with the code
used by Pirelli to track its winning tyres. Pitstop-worthy strap changes
Adding the final ultimate customer experience touch commensurate
with the Perfect Fit Partnership ethos and designed to match the famous under
three second pitstop on top motor racing circuits, the Excalibur Spider Pirelli
Single Flying Tourbillon features a QRS (Quick Release System) on the strap and
buckle enabling changes in… less than three seconds! With a black DLC-coated
titanium case, this boutique exclusive 28-piece limited edition features new
trigger and bridge designs, along with a spectacular transparent view of the
new RD508SQ hand-wound calibre with power reserve indicator and
state-of-the-art black Astral Skeleton. Rimmed by speedometer-like second
counters complete with automobile-inspired pointers, the single flying
tourbillon is stationed at 7 o’clock, while the multi-coloured power-reserve
indicator offers a cool nod to racing car cockpit fuel gauges.
Minus the boutique edition strapbox, but with an additional strap
to ring the changes, the Excalibur Spider Pirelli Single Flying Tourbillon is
also available in a version retailing in other specialised stores.
A word of warning to fans of exceptional watchmaking and speed
machines alike to sit tight – as the brand that dares to be different gears up
for the next world-rocking instalment in daring disruption.
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 Excalibur and Velvet collections
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 defining characteristics of the
Geneva-based Swiss Maison.
