Roger dubuis skeleton11/11/2023 ![]() Just look at the Pirelli rubber-inlaid strap: it definitely is a strong contender for the title of (by traditional standards at least) ugliest watch strap in watch strap history. Produced in just 88 pieces in each of the three colorways (yellow, red, and blue) that Pirelli uses on its Formula-1 tires, there will only be a very limited number of these pieces made and I can still appreciate how far Roger Dubuis has gone to alter the overall looks and finer details of the Excaliber Spider to match this high octane lifestyle. This watch also features another fun highlight: a power-reserve indicator that resembles a dashboard fuel gauge.Near racing cars, where everything is high-tech, mechanical, noisy and colorful is where you’ll see one of the biggest concentrations in “loud,” high-tech and, yes, often very expensive watches. Its large 47-mm case is made of black DLC-coated titanium with Pirelli blue highlights and is mounted on the same bi-material strap, topped off by Pirelli tire rubber, as the automatics. Like the movements in the skeleton automatics, it boasts Dubuis’s hallmark star-shaped bridges, with several tips lining up with the hour markers, and has been openworked to the absolute minimum to allow a full view through the timepiece. The Excalibur Spider Pirelli Yellow and Red editions join the models with blue highlights that were introduced at SIHH, one of them another Skeleton Automatic, the other an Excalibur Spider Pirelli Double Tourbillon, outfitted with the skeletonized-from-scratch, manual-winding Caliber RD105SQ, with two flying tourbillon carriages positioned side-by-side at 5 o’clock and 8 o’clock. The movement includes 365 parts, including 28 jewels, and stores a 50-hour power reserve. Composed of 167 meticulously hand-finished components,the movement has been awarded the prestigious Geneva quality hallmark, the Poinçon de Genève - a distinction shared by all Roger Dubuis movements.Ībove and below: Roger Dubuis Excalibur Spider Pirelli Red The micro-rotor delivers winding power equivalent to that of a larger central winding rotor despite its reduced weight and openworked structure. Above and below: Roger Dubuis Excalibur Spider Pirelli YellowĪs with the other timepieces in Roger Dubuis’s Excalibur Spider series, both the case, measuring 45 mm in diameter and made of black DLC titanium and the movement, Roger Dubuis Caliber RD820SQ, self-wound by a micro-rotor, have been skeletonized. In addition to the Pirelli-inspired aesthetics, the watches retain the familiar Excalibur look - round, with a fluted bezel and crown, triple lugs, and Dauphine hands sweeping over the openworked dial. Like all of Roger Dubuis’s skeleton movements, Caliber RD820SQ is designed from scratch (as opposed to being an existing movement that has been skeletonized after the fact) and incorporates the brand’s now-familiar “star” motif, with the tips of the five-pointed star also serving as hour pointers.
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