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Roger dubuis excalibur tourbillon by bbr review

Dr Fun Socks

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Thanks for the review mate. Tossing up between this and the gold version.

Cant go wrong either way man its a great watch. Not sure how good the rose colour is, can anyone who has it chime in?
 

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Nice write-up.

The review definitely has me itching to buy this. How has it held up over the past few months?
 

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Nice write-up.

The review definitely has me itching to buy this. How has it held up over the past few months?

Its flawless to be honest. Still havent even bothered getting a new strap for it, its by far the best rep strap ive ever seen. I think the quality on the older versions loons slightly higher than the new pvd black case cersion but im open to correction
 
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I'm new to the page. Can anyone point me in the right direction to buying a roger dubuis?
 

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I'm new to the page. Can anyone point me in the right direction to buying a roger dubuis?

Go to the main page, scroll down to trusted dealers, pick any one (theyre all trusted for a reason) and email them to ask availability. Send a picture with it if you can.
 

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I want to get a jb factory roger dubuis excalibur. I'm having a hard time navigating through the site
 

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If winding a watch is complicated i think your pretty much screwed in life my friend! Plus the gen is manual wind.

keep calm with me please ok ?!
I know the gen is manual wind of course !
But this rep is hard to wind on the end !
 

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keep calm with me please ok ?!
I know the gen is manual wind of course !
But this rep is hard to wind on the end !

He's perfectly calm with you.

Why do you think this rep is hard to wind ? Since you have it, you could perhaps, elaborate a little about this...
 

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He's perfectly calm with you.

Why do you think this rep is hard to wind ? Since you have it, you could perhaps, elaborate a little about this...

In fairness its not the easiest watch to wind. The crown is very low profile and too close to the case. I think either bbr or jbf released a special winding tool on the next version because its genuinely not easy. But still, look at it! Its a stunner! Ill take a little difficulty in winding to have a roger dubuis tourbillon on the wrist :)
 
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In fairness its not the easiest watch to wind. The crown is very low profile and too close to the case. I think either bbr or jbf released a special winding tool on the next version because its genuinely not easy. But still, look at it! Its a stunner! Ill take a little difficulty in winding to have a roger dubuis tourbillon on the wrist :)

That was exactly my point of asking him, I like when people don't simply do a one liner without any further explanation, thanks man for the additional info.
On a similar point, I've never seen anyone complain about the crown on the Patek 5711, but my fat fingers have a hard time with it for example, so I wanted to be sure it was not something along those lines
 

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That was exactly my point of asking him, I like when people don't simply do a one liner without any further explanation, thanks man for the additional info.
On a similar point, I've never seen anyone complain about the crown on the Patek 5711, but my fat fingers have a hard time with it for example, so I wanted to be sure it was not something along those lines

I think its probably pretty similar in difficulty to wind toa 5711 but obviously the patek has a miyota which are easy to wind and automatic. The roger dubuis with the tourby movement has a lot more resistance towards fully wound. If the patek had the same kind of resistance it would be impossible to wind. The lack of cg’s on the dubuis helps a lot. Don’t let it put you off if your considering the watch, it’s exquisite :)
 
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I think its probably pretty similar in difficulty to wind toa 5711 but obviously the patek has a miyota which are easy to wind and automatic. The roger dubuis with the tourby movement has a lot more resistance towards fully wound. If the patek had the same kind of resistance it would be impossible to wind. The lack of cg’s on the dubuis helps a lot. Don’t let it put you off if your considering the watch, it’s exquisite :)

Thanks again for the extra info, adds to your nice review ! Keep em' coming, you have a talent at showing stuff and adding content to the forum :)
 

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Thanks again for the extra info, adds to your nice review ! Keep em' coming, you have a talent at showing stuff and adding content to the forum :)

Thanks for the kind words mate, appreciate it!
 

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That was exactly my point of asking him, I like when people don't simply do a one liner without any further explanation, thanks man for the additional info.
On a similar point, I've never seen anyone complain about the crown on the Patek 5711, but my fat fingers have a hard time with it for example, so I wanted to be sure it was not something along those lines

Guess this is the tool

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