The Low-Down

Roger Dubuis has given their famous (or is that infamous) Excalibur Single Flying Tourbillon a thorough going over, updating the case and movement, deploying a new gold alloy and even making diamonds glow bright like rainbows. Impressive stuff.

IMHO

The immediate form of the Roger Dubuis Excalibur Single Flying Tourbillon is familiar thanks to the distinctive star-shaped bridges on the open-worked dial and the aggressive lines of the case and deeply notched bezel. Every millimetre of this watch is, as Roger Dubuis says, Hyper Horology.

Roger Dubuis has had an Excalibur Single Flying Tourbillon in the collection for a while now, but these new models are completely overhauled. The case is thinner and has cleaner, more striking lines. At 42mm across and 12.7mm tall, the proportions, especially with the curvy profile and wrist-hugging strap, are good. Water resistance is solid too at 100m, meaning that if you’ve got enough flex to make a tourbillon your daily wearer, the Excalibur Single Flying Tourbillon is up to the task. This new case is offered in three new versions, each limited to only 88 models. There’s dark grey DLC titanium, white gold and a new material called Eon Gold, a proprietary alloy of pink gold.

The movement got a makeover too. The Poinçon de Genève marked RD512SQ is quite a looker — the Roger Dubuis star now seemingly floats above the barrel, and the notched motif so prominent on the bezel is worked onto the hands, flange and even the tourbillon cage. Speaking of cages, the tourbillon is now made with a titanium lower cage and a mirror-polished cobalt chrome upper cage, reducing the overall weight. Power reserve is improved to 72 hours.

But if these new models were a little too understated for your tastes, how about a glow-up? Limited to just eight pieces, the Excalibur Glow Me Up! is a stunning new single flying tourbillon with a bezel set with 60 baguette-cut diamonds. Only, before the diamonds were set, the grooves in which they were set were filled with rainbow-hued Super-Luminova, a look echoed on the star-bridges and angles of the movement. Stunning, day and night.

Tech Specs

DBEX0963 Excalibur Glow Me Up!

Movement: RD512SQ, manual wind with hours, minutes and single flying tourbillon, 72 hours of power reserve.
Case and dial: Excalibur with design signature: notched bezel and three lugs, 42mm EON GOLD set with baguette diamonds on the bezel with luminous material. Dial in pink gold coated double surface flange with engraved minute track and transferred texts, polished and pink gold coated hour markers.
Strap: Black 3D calf leather strap, interchangeable with Quick Release System
Price and Availability: Boutique exclusive, limited to 8 pieces, USD 215,000

RDDBEX0836 Excalibur Single Flying Tourbillon

Movement: RD512SQ, manual wind with hours, minutes and single flying tourbillon, 72 hours of power reserve.
Case and dial: Excalibur with design signature: notched bezel and three lugs, 42mm EON GOLD case bezel and crown. Dial grey double surface flange with engraved minute track and transferred texts, polished and pink gold plated hour markers.
Strap: Black 3D calf leather strap, interchangeable with Quick Release System
Price and Availability: limited to 88 pieces, USD 184,300

RDDBEX0838 Excalibur Single Flying Tourbillon

Movement: RD512SQ, manual wind with hours, minutes and single flying tourbillon, 72 hours of power reserve.
Case and dial: Excalibur with design signature: notched bezel and three lugs, 42mm white gold case, bezel and crown, CarTech Micro-Melt BioDur CCMTM (® in the USA) case back with sapphire crystal. Dial in blue CVD coated double surface flange with engraved minute track and transferred texts, polished and Rhodium plated hour markers.
Strap: Blue 3D calf leather strap, interchangeable with Quick Release System
Price and Availability: limited to 88 pieces, USD 177,500

RDDBEX0889 Excalibur Single Flying Tourbillon

Movement: RD512SQ, manual wind with hours, minutes and single flying tourbillon, 72 hours of power reserve.
Case and dial: Excalibur with design signature: notched bezel and three lugs, 42mmDark grey DLC Titanium case, bezel and crown, dark grey DLC Titanium case back with sapphire crystal. Dial in grey double surface flange with engraved minute track and transferred texts, polished and Rhodium plated hour markers.
Strap: Black 3D calf leather strap, interchangeable with Quick Release System
Price and Availability: Limited to 88 pieces, USD 170,600