Roger Dubuis Hommage Bi-Retrograde Perpetual Calendar Chronograph Luxury Watch Revew

http://www.thewatchbox.com/watches/roger-dubuis This Roger Dubuis Hommage Bi-Retrograde Perpetual Calendar Chronograph is one of those watches we will recall 20 years with a forehead slap and an expression of anguished regret; why didn’t we get one of these when we had the chance? Consider the collector’s opportunity at hand; an historic name, his flagship model, immense complication, hand craftsmanship rare beauty, exceptional rarity, and – for the time being – value – combine in a luxury watch that can stand lug-to-lug with the best from F.P. Journe, Vianney Halter, Andreas Strehler, and the best of established corporate brands. If that isn’t apparent at first glance, it will be in the auction house “blue-chip” lot notes ten years hence… As one of the original heroes of the modern high horology movement, Roger Dubuis will be remembered as a trailblazer on par with names like Wilsdorf, Stern, and Genta. Dubuis built watches with his own name, by his own hand, without the aid of a conglomerate godfather, and he did it long before it was cool or beloved of venture capitalists. Roger took a chance, and the wider world of watches took notice. The Hommage Bi-Retrograde Perpetual Calendar Chronograph shows what a Patek Philippe complications specialist can do when he decides to go rogue. As the longtime leader of Patek’s complications division, Dubuis took his know-how with him when he left; this Geneva Seal complicated chronograph from Roger Dubuis is proof that even Patek