Take 600 Gems, and Cut Them Into Triangles

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Take 600 Gems, and Cut Them Into Triangles

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Take 600 Gems, and Cut Them Into Triangles

Roger Dubuis said it broke a lot of stones to make the Excalibur Superbia.

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Kaz Shirane created a mirrored observation deck for the Tokyo Tower in 2018. It inspired the Excalibur Superbia by Roger Dubuis.Credit...Tokyo Tower

By Jane A. Peterson
Oct. 12, 2020


"WENGEN, Switzerland — The Swiss watchmaker Roger Dubuis calls the Excalibur Superbia, its latest design, “the epitome of extravagance” — but then the one-of-a-kind timepiece has 600 triangular-cut diamonds and blue sapphires set invisibly on a curved surface, and a double flying tourbillon movement.

“Superbia tells the story of our brand in an easy way — we always go beyond,” said Nicola Andreatta, the house’s chief executive.

In Latin, he said, superbia means pride, and the watch “represents our pride and our desire to reinvent the rules.” The listed price: $858,000.

Introduced last month at the new fair Watches & Wonders Shanghai, the opulent white-gold timepiece now is on display in the Chinese resort city of Sanya, on the island of Hainan in the South China Sea, while the brand courts five men from China, Italy and the United States who have expressed interest in the piece.

Mr. Andreatta said the watch was not designed for the Chinese market: It actually was a collaboration with the Japanese interior design artist Kaz Shirane, inspired by the mirrored observation deck he created for the Tokyo Tower in 2018 for the landmark’s 60th anniversary.

The deck’s interior, an art installation, reflects visitors’ images and the Tokyo skyline. “This mirrored space is designed to serve as a receiver and amplifier of the user’s will,” Mr. Shirane wrote in an email. “The space literally reflects the mind of the visitor.”

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The Excalibur Superbia from Roger Dubuis, a collaboration with Mr. Shirane.

Talks between the brand and Mr. Shirane started early last year. “Design and aesthetics always come first,” Mr. Andreatta said. “We adapt our technique to the design and then we find way to manufacture it.”

But the process proved to be both difficult and costly. The invisible setting took months to perfect and the amount of the gemstones lost during the cutting process was close to ... "

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/12/fash ... -371020409
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