Carbon has turn out to be an more and more standard materials to be used in watchmaking today however no different model has taken this so far as Roger Dubuis. With the Excalibur Spider Carbon3, they current a timepiece which isn’t solely geared up with a case and bracelet constituted of this materials however included it within the motion as effectively.
Caliber RD509SQ options all the things that we’ve come to anticipate from Roger Dubuis. Their spirit of innovation is current by making the principle plate, bridges, and tourbillon upper-cage from the identical multi-layer carbon that they use for the case and the bracelet. The result’s a very enticing motion, skeletonized in a star-shape, with the mainspring barrel at its middle. Because of the texture of the multi-layer carbon, the motion will get a horizontal pin-stripe ornament, which is sort of delicate but additionally creates a unity with the remainder of the watch.
The motion not solely gives a formidable energy reserve of 90 hours however can also be fitted with one other hallmark of Roger Dubuis: a flying tourbillon. Situated off-center, between six and eight o’clock, it supplies a visible stability to the mainspring barrel positioned on the alternative facet and makes the extremely technical nature of this watch much more tangible. Right here Roger Dubuis additionally utilized multi-layer carbon, this time for the tourbillon’s higher cage. Whereas skeletonized actions are very good, their impact is usually misplaced on the wrist when firmly pressed towards the pores and skin. Roger Dubuis realized that as effectively and tackled this drawback by utilizing a honeycomb construction as a backdrop. Whereas this doesn’t take away from the feeling that a skeletonized motion supplies, it does make it look an entire lot higher when it’s worn on the wrist.
With such a motion, it’s fairly straightforward to neglect that the Roger Dubuis Excalibur Spider Carbon3 additionally has one other half that could be very tough to make: its bracelet. It’s also crafted totally from multi-layer carbon, and every a part of every hyperlink has been machined to perfection. That makes it that its sporting consolation is second to none, additionally as a result of the burden of the entire watch is barely a mere 81 grams. That is fairly a feat, as its diameter continues to be a beneficiant 45mm, with a peak of 14.05mm. Roger Dubuis will make solely 28 items of the Excalibur Spider Carbon3, which is able to make it a uncommon delight for connoisseurs who like modern watchmaking taken to the subsequent degree.
