Roger Dubuis Excalibur Chronoexcel Luxury Watch Review

http://www.thewatchbox.com/watches/roger-dubuis Why does the old saw posit, "go big" or "go home?" In the Roger Dubuis Excalibur Chronoexcel, the experiments Geneva watchmaker "goes big" and hits a "home-run." Big, fine, and built in-house to standards that would impress the patrician elders of Geneva horology, this Roger Dubuis Excalibur Chronoexcel is a bold hybrid of ancient finishing techniques and 21st-century style. Let's be clear: this 45mm stainless steel monster machine isn't for everyone, but, in the worlds of Dubuis' own leadership, this watch is "Just For Friends" who follow the watchmaker's avant-garde thinking. In the world of Roger Dubuis, watches like the Excalibur Chronoexcel prove that quality and quantity are a match made in horological heaven. A color palette of bronze, silver, red, and black is unabashedly sporting in appearance. The vast bronze rehaut, sunburst metallic dial, red chronograph hands, and six (!) polished lug junctions declare Roger Dubuis' intent to create a thinking man's Hublot. While traditionalists might protest, "less is more," Dubuis responds by proving that MORE is more. No expense has been spared to ensure that the bewildering array of metallic finish, gloss painted Roman numerals, accents of scarlet, dial guilloche work, and diamond-polished applied white gold Dauphine hands read with the same clarity and quality that one would expect to find on a Geneva Seal Vacheron Constantin, L.U. Chopard, or neighboring independent manu