Today we bring you the La Monegasque Only Watch edition from Roger Dubuis.
ROGER DUBUIS
In 1980, after 14 years of developing complications for Patek Philippe, master watchmaker Roger Dubuis founded his own atelier. For several years he was commissioned by major brands to design new complications. Carlos Dias, a brilliant designer for Franck Muller, joined Dubuis and in 1995 the Roger Dubuis brand was launched.
Finding a fine balance between traditional watchmaking expertise and avant-garde design, its timepieces immediately made an impression in the world of Swiss watchmaking. It is a resolutely extravagant, rebellious and elegant brand, striving for excellence and technical sophistication yet its innovation is born from a heartfelt respect for tradition and craftsmanship.
The brand's enormous creativity is reflected in the worlds of four distinct characters: the elegant player of the "La Monégasque" collection, the powerful warrior of the "Excalibur" collection, the modern venturer of the "Pulsion" collection and the sophisticated diva of the "Velvet" collection.
The fact that Manufacture Roger Dubuis has chosen to produce all its movement components embodies a wish to support its creativity and to ensure complete control of quality.
This means that every single component – bearing in mind that some mechanical movements comprise over 600 parts! – is tested at all stages in production, in terms of both its dimensions and its aesthetic appearance.
The functional tolerance of these industrially produced and individually hand-finished components is generally expressed in microns. Once assembled by the watchmakers who are the driving force behind the Manufacture, each Roger Dubuis mechanical movement undergoes a full week of controls dealing both with precision and with the perfect adjustment of each function, followed by two weeks of rigorous tests conducted by an independent body.
Upon its return to the Manufacture, the certified movement is cased up before facing two more weeks of in-house tests. Only at the end of this complex process does each watch undergo a last week-long series of tests laid down by the Hallmark of Geneva in order to be individually certified.
From component production through to obtaining the Hallmark of Geneva, it takes about seven months for a Roger Dubuis watch to be created, one step after another, one requirement after another. Such is the price of perfection.
Roger Dubuis, La Monégasque Collection
In 2008, the Richemont Group acquired a 60% interest in Roger Dubuis SA. Regardless, the brand will continue as always and continue to manufacture and distribute watches under the Roger Dubuis name.
This timepiece admirably reflects the Roger Dubuis know-how, movement mastery and quest for excellence. It perfectly showcases three important features of our Maison: the flying tourbillon, the visible micro-rotor and the prestigious Poincon de Geneve quality hallmark. We created this unique piece specially for Only Watch, integrating for the first time our exclusive automatic flying tourbillon movement within La Monegasque collection.
Catalogue Description:
| Roger Dubuis, La Monegasque for Only Watch Fine and unique pink gold self-winding tourbillon wristwatch with micro-rotor. Accompanied by a fitted box and Certificate. | |
| C. Pink gold, polished and brushed, sapphire crystal. D. Charcoal-grey satin sunburst centre, Powder Roger Dubuis logo, Charcoal-grey satin sunburst intermediate section, Black transferred index with powder edging, Charcoal circular satin exterior . Pink gold applied Arabic numerals with powder edging, Flying tourbillon ring at half past 7 and micro-rotor at half past 10, Charcoal grey flange with powder transfers. M. Self-winding movement, RD520, rhodium plated, 30 jewels, 227 parts, adjusted in 6 positions, circular-grained plate, cote de Genève decoration, tourbillon carriage in the shape of a Celtic cross, stamped with the poinçon de Genève. | |
| Estimate: 120,000 EUR - 160,000 EUR |
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