Roger Dubuis Revs Up New Pirelli and Lamborghini Limited Editions
Roger Dubuis announced two big motorsports partnerships in 2017, both with iconic Italian brands ? one with Pirelli, renowned manufacturer of racecar tires; the other with racing team Lamborghini Squadra Corse. This week at SIHH 2018, the Geneva-based brand revealed the latest new timepieces springing from these automotive alliances: the Excalibur Spider Skeleton Automatic Pirelli and two new executions of the Excalibur Aventador S.
The Roger Dubuis Excalibur Spider Skeleton Automatic Pirelli eschews the hallmark Pirelli colors in favor of a stark, black-and-white look.
The newest edition of the Roger Dubuis Excalibur Spider Pirelli Automatic Skeleton ? following up the red, blue, and yellow-highlighted models introduced earlier this year ? is designed to evoke the look of racetrack tarmac with its black DLC titanium case and white highlights (another model is available with blue highlights), including the numerals on the bezel and the contrast stitching on the strap. The 48-mm case features the fluted bezel emblematic of the Excalibur collection and the overmolded black DLC crown with white rubber coating, along with the triple openworked lugs that anchor the watch to its bi-material strap ? here, as on preceding Pirelli models, boasting an exterior surface constructed of rubber from actual Pirelli tire rubber from race-winning cars over an interior layer made of a softer rubber enhanced with a Pirelli tire tread pattern. The Roger Dubuis Caliber RD820SQ is powered by a m...
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