ROGER DUBUIS – Excalibur Double Tourbillon Squelette
True to form (even with the Richemont group as new owners), Roger Dubuis turns in another model that defies the senses by literally baring it all. With its seething anthracite rhodium-plated innards in full glory, the skeletonized version of its famed Excalibur Double Tourbillon takes a sexy and dangerous route this season.
Anchored by its crimped white gold case and grey hands, the calling card for the new in-house hand-wound RDO1SQ movement are the bridges, which are patterned by a striking circular-grained motif. But stealing the thunder, as always is the pair of flying one-minute tourbillions at ’4′ and ’7′. So if you fancy yourself a rebel at heart, your name’s written on this bodacious 45mm number.
CHOPARD – Haute Joaillerie
Make like a star at Cannes and shine with Chopard‘s inimitable Haute Joaillerie timepiece.
Part of Chopard’s 2009 Red Carpet Collection, which consists of 62 new jewelery models launched as part of the watch brand’s celebration of a decade-long partnership with the Cannes Film Festival, the quartz timepiece packs a glitzy punch of star power with a steel case totally bedecked with an assortment of differently sized diamonds.
A diamond set case cover unhinges to reveal more diamonds within a minimally designed diamond pave dial face punctuated by a pair of spear hands to tell the time.
