Inspired by the Year of the Dragon, Roger Dubuis ignites its tourbillon craftsmanship once more. The Excalibur Dragon Monotourbillon, 42mm Poinçon de Genève watch is made from pink gold with a dragon crafted from 27 pieces, all set on 25 levels for volume and vitality. Inside the skeletonized RD512SQ Calibre, the complex flying tourbillon features non-magnetic materials for a sublime performance. This watch is limited to 28 pieces, with a quick release calf-skin strap, and 72 hours of power reserve.
Roger Dubuis has skilfully crafted the dragon using 27 individual pieces of brass – each embellished with black lacquer on the sides and a pink gold treatment on the polished top surface. In typically inventive style, the pieces are set on 25 different levels, producing a 3D vision that is full of volume and vitality.
The RD512SQ Calibre is optimized with 72 hours of power reserve. To resist surrounding forces, the Flying Tourbillon includes an upper cage in non-magnetic Cobalt Chrome, and a lower cage in titanium – also non-magnetic and twice lighter than steel.
Sitting on the wrist, the 42mm case of the watch is built from pink gold and is mounted with a robust brass flange, which itself has been given a pink gold galvanic treatment, along with indexes filled with black Super-LumiNova™.
Turn the watch over and the same flowing dragon appears – this time metallised on the inside of the caseback’s sapphire crystal. Precisely matching the view from the front, this stunning addition gives the dragon full power, no matter which side you are looking from.
