Roger Dubuis has at all times had a robust drive to innovate, not solely in a technical but additionally in an aesthetic sense. Because of this they should assume outdoors the field in all completely different dimensions and preserve their eyes open to new supplies, but additionally new purposes of present supplies. With the Excalibur Blacklight, they took the lab-grown sapphire crystals, generally used within the watch business because the ‘jewels’ or ‘rubies’ that are positioned contained in the motion as bearings for the gears and different components which might be vulnerable to put on, and utilized them in a totally completely different means.
The Excalibur-collection is already recognized for its closely skeletonized calibers, and Roger Dubuis performs with this side by including tubes product of lab-grown sapphire crystals in a contrasting colour as a grid over, beneath and thru the motion. This not solely provides one other layer to the already very three-dimensional design of the watch but additionally comes with fairly an sudden function; when uncovered to UV-light they are going to gentle up, creating a visible impact by no means seen earlier than in a wristwatch.
Roger Dubuis is making three completely different variations of the Excalibur Blacklight, all powered by caliber RD820SQ. 28 items will function a pink gold case, whereas the model will make 88 items every of a model in white gold, in addition to in titanium with a black DLC coating. All three function a diamond set bezel, but additionally the define of the micro-rotor are set with these treasured gem stones. Roger Dubuis has been in a position to produce the sapphire crystal tubes into completely different colours, so even when they don’t seem to be uncovered to UV-light, they add a pretty factor to the watch. Whereas they don’t have a real perform, they make an in any other case very critical watch a bit extra playful. Regardless of its avant-garde design is the Excalibur Blacklight made with conventional craftsmanship, as additionally this mannequin is awarded the coveted ‘Geneva Seal’.
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