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This Roger Dubuis Excalibur Aventador S timepiece is sold with an exclusive Lamborghini driving experience

 

Founded in 1995 and based in Geneva, Roger Dubuis is one of the youngest luxury-watch brands in the industry and creates some of the most innovative and complicated timepieces available.
A one-of-a-kind piece and global exclusive, Roger Dubuis’ Swiss-made ‘Excalibur Aventador S’ watch is designed in partnership with Lamborghini.

Roger Dubuis unique offerings 2018-2019
Roger Dubuis x Mr.Porter; photo: ynap.com; mrporter.com

Mr. Porter, the award-winning online destination for men’s style, announced the launch of Swiss-based watch maison Roger Dubuis on 19 November. The offering will include a curated selection of seven timepieces, along with an exclusive “one-of-a-kind” timepiece from the brand’s iconic Excalibur family. This unique Roger Dubuis offering is available only at Mr. Porter.

Each Roger Dubuis Excalibur timepiece is manufactured with its famous skeleton movements and is finished, polished and assembled using both traditional and modern techniques.

Within Mr. Porter’s offering is an exclusive “one-of-a-kind” Roger Dubuis Excalibur Aventador S timepiece, built in partnership between Roger Dubuis and high-performance car manufacturer Lamborghini Squadra Corse. This unique luxury piece houses a double sprung balance with a differential – both placed at 45-degree angle, and “engine strut bars” placed across the movement – highlighting design features of the Lamborghini V12 engine. These elements are placed within a light and agile titanium black DLC case.

To complement the purchase of this single, “one-of-a-kind” timepiece, Roger Dubuis and Mr. Porter will present the  owner with a visit to the Roger Dubuis Manufacture in Switzerland, followed by an exclusive Lamborghini driving experience throughout the Jura Mountains.

Excalibur Aventador S timepiece is sold with an exclusive Lamborghini driving experience
Roger Dubuis x Mr.Porter; photo: ynap.com; mrporter.com; rogerdubuis.com

 

roger dubuis Excalibur Aventador S watch
photo: rogerdubuis.com

These additional timepieces round-out the Mr. Porter and Roger Dubuis offer:

Three timepieces from the Roger Dubuis and Pirelli collection, including the Excalibur Spider Pirelli AutomaticSkeleton in orange, red and blue accent colours. Of note, each colour matches the Pirelli tyre compounds of an iconic race. This unique partnership is famous for inserting motorsport winning tyre rubber into every watch strap; each reference is limited to 88 timepieces available globally.

Excalibur Automatic Skeleton pink-gold timepiece with a calf strap, alongside Excalibur Automatic Skeleton timepiece titanium black DLC and Excalibur Skeleton Flying Tourbillon Carbon SMC with a rubber strap.

“We’re thrilled to be launching with Roger Dubuis on Mr. Porter. The maison’s forward-thinking design process,individuality within the industry, and its partnerships with both Pirelli and Lamborghini, creates a truly unique watch offering for our customers. We’re particularly fond of the Excalibur collection, which is highlighted by the ‘one-a-kind’ Aventador S timepiece and experience, available only at Mr. Porter,” said Toby Bateman, Managing Director, Mr. Porter.

“Incredible watches deserve a special place. Roger Dubuis and Mr. Porter share the taste of boldness to offer original style to the most avant-gardists customers. We are convinced that our highly complicated and rare timepieces have found the perfect place to express our roaring product story telling. For this special occasion, we offer for the first time a unique Excalibur Aventador S timepiece, and the owner of the piece will be invited to live a Raging Mechanics experience in Geneva, mixing the supercar and the high-end horology worlds.” commented Dorothée Henrio, International Marketing Director, Roger Dubuis.

Excalibur Spider Pirelli Single Flying Tourbillon - spectacular transparent view of the RD508SQ hand-wound caliber
Excalibur Spider Pirelli Single Flying Tourbillon ; photo: rogerdubuis.com

Cross the finish line with Excalibur Spider Pirelli Single Flying Tourbillon

The Excalibur Spider Pirelli Single Flying Tourbillon offers a spectacular transparent view of the RD508SQ hand-wound caliber paired with the Quick Release System on the strap and buckle that enables changes in… less than 3 seconds. Match the strap to your racing attire!⠀

Roger Dubuis at Zhuhai International Circuit.
Roger Dubuis at Zhuhai International Circuit.; photo: rogerdubuis.com; facebook.com/RogerDubuisWatches/
Excalibur Spider Ultimate Carbon - the embodiment of the cutting-edge watchmaking skills with boldly imaginative diamond set aesthetics
Excalibur Spider Ultimate Carbon – the embodiment of the cutting-edge watchmaking skills with boldly imaginative diamond set aesthetics; photo: rogerdubuis.com; facebook.com/RogerDubuisWatches/
Roger Dubuis unique offerings 2018-2019-
Roger Dubuis x Mr. Porter; photo: mrporter

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Hublot is celebrating the decade since the creation of Bitcoin. Big Bang Meca-10 P2P is only purchasable with cryptocurrency

  Hublot is marking the ten year anniversary of Bitcoin by launching the first watch that can only be purchased using Bitcoin. Hublot Big Bang Meca-10 P2P is a limited edition of 210 timepieces, a reference to the global limit of Bitcoins, which is fixed at 21 million. Bitcoin was created only just ten years … Read more