The luxury watchmaker has set several unprecedented industry records along the way
There are watch brands, and there are innovative watch brands like Roger Dubuis, which constantly breaks conventions, pushes boundaries and achieves horological and technical milestones. Almost for fun, if you will.
This year, the Genevan watchmaker impresses with yet another creation, the Excalibur Spider Carbon3. Watch enthusiasts may see a close resemblance between the watch and the Excalibur Spider Carbon Skeleton Flying Tourbillon, which debuted 2 years ago. While the observation may be correct, what makes the Excalibur Spider Carbon3 special is that it is the first Roger Dubuis timepiece to be fully constructed from multilayered carbon. More commonly known as carbon fibre, multilayered carbon is used to construct the watch’s case, movement and bracelet, hence the name.
“The bracelet is made of carbon fibre, which is a first for the watch industry. The watch is equipped with our Excalibur tourbillon, the only carbon-fibre tourbillon with the Geneva Hallmark, and it weighs only 7.5g,” enthused Roger Dubuis CEO Nicola Andreatta in a recent interview with Swiss horological website WorldTempus. “Carbon fibre isn’t generally eligible for Poinçon de Genève certification, and Roger Dubuis is the first in the world to obtain it. The model is made entirely out of carbon fibre and weighs just 81g—it’s super light and sporty.”