Roger Dubuis first presented its double flying tourbillon at the SIHH in 2005 within a new collection named the Excalibur. This year the company is presenting a totally reworked model with new lines and improved mechanics.
The company’s double flying tourbillon has become an iconic image for the brand, showcasing the Dubuis styling, but also the high-level of horological engineering under the dial. It was for this reason that the company decided to rework this model for this year’s SIHH, in addition to the fact that it is one of the brand’s most admired and respected complications.
This intricate hand-wound mechanical movement contains 411 components and two flying tourbillons, which rotate once every minute. On the caseback, an indicator measures the movement’s 48-hour power reserve and each and every movement is stamped with the renowned Poinçon de Genève. The whole RD01 movement has been completely revised and improved in this new 2010 edition.





On the face, the bezel has been given an even more powerful look with 24 cut-out notches, a crown protector that is fitted more snugly to the case and a grey rhodium dial that is aesthetically balanced with the two tour-billons at 5 and 7 o’clock. A retrograde sweeping minute display forms an arch from 10 to 2 o’clock also adding to the symmetry of the dial.
As with all Roger Dubuis’s complications, only 28 models will be produced in each version – meaning for every owner, there is only a very slim chance of bumping into one of the other 27 lucky people who possess one. Unless, of course, you are roaming the corridors of the SIHH and then all bets are off!


Source: Europa Star December-January 2010 Magazine Issue