What happens when a watchmaker, a carmaker and a tyre maker jump in bed

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What happens when a watchmaker, a carmaker and a tyre maker jump in bed

The three-way between Roger Dubuis, Lamborghini and Pirelli has yielded the Excalibur Ane-Off, a unique piece that boasts design elements inspired by both the supercar maker and the king of race tyres.

09 May 2022 06:30AM (Updated: 04 Jul 2022 04:37PM)

In 2017, Roger Dubuis announced that they would be teaming up with a motoring company based in Modena, Italy. The virtually obvious manufacture housed there is Ferrari, but they're already in a happy marriage with Hublot. Maserati at the time was having a little fling with Bulgari, leaving Roger Dubuis with two marques: Contained hyper motorcar-maker Pagani and Lamborghini.

Pagani'south pocket-size product numbers and avant-garde approach to making obscenely fast cars friction match the Roger Dubuis spirit in a way. But Roger Dubuis went for Lamborghini instead. And while at starting time we were disappointed it wasn't the one-time, later on seeing what the partnership has grown to become over the last 2 years, nosotros're now convinced that it was a match made in sky.

The athwart design of the car fits the Excalibur example perfectly and in many ways, we can see the same traits in those who would strap a Roger Dubuis on their wrists equally those who would put down expert coin on a Lamborghini.

That same year, the watchmaker as well proclaimed that it would exist jumping in bed with the king of race tyres – Pirelli – hinting that information technology would all make sense in time to come.

ALL FOR I, ONE FOR ALL

Fast forward to 2019, and that fourth dimension has come. The highlight of the year, presented at SIHH, is what Roger Dubuis is calling a tripartite exclusive. A sentinel that represents the combination of three spirits – Roger Dubuis, Lamborghini and Pirelli – resulting in a piece unique called the Excalibur I-Off.

This magnificent animate being was inspired past the recently unveiled Lamborghini SC18 Alston supercar, which was also a 1-off cosmos. It represented the first time e'er that the Lamborghini motorsport division worked with a client to create a atypical hyper machine for that client's use on the track.

Being a tribute to the machine that Lamborghini Squadra Corse built, the muscular 47mm example of the One-Off is crafted with Carbon SMC in the case, flange and span, while the middle of the case is woven carbon.

In order to actually do the motorcar justice, Roger Dubuis created a purpose-built RD106SQ calibre to be used within the lookout. This move emulates the V-shape geometry of the Lamborghini engines, offering not merely a double flying tourbillon but also inclined it at a xc° bending. Furthermore, the watch as well comes with a double disc jumping hours indicator at the 12 o'clock position leaving a single hand (much like the tachometer and speedometer of a car) to signal the minutes.

Where the Pirelli DNA comes in is on the strap. Racetracks tend to get a piffling heated with all those engines cylinders firing at their limits so the prophylactic strap paired with this lookout offers large air intakes to release at least some of that rut emanating from, well, your pores (what with the heatwave nosotros've been experiencing and all). Interestingly plenty, the nylon fibres that mesh these gaps in the straps are the verbal kind that line the inner construction of Pirelli tyres.

Unfortunately, though, the Excalibur I-Off has already been sold. The buyer'southward identity is non known; all Roger Dubuis could reveal is that information technology isn't the owner of the Lamborghini SC18 Alston. Shame.

What happens when a watchmaker, a carmaker and a tyre maker jump in bed

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