Swiss watchmaker Roger Dubuis unveiled a concept watch called the Mono Vortex Split Seconds Chronograph at Watches & Wonders Geneva 2023. quality watchmaking.
Since the 1980s, when the infamous quartz crisis threatened to make mechanical watches and the Swiss watch industry obsolete, the luxury luxury market for watches has changed a lot. Today, luxury watches are his more than US$50 billion market, and the watch company is a driver of innovation, regularly producing new timepieces that push the boundaries of what mechanical movements can achieve.
The Roger Duibis One-Off Mono Vortex Split-Seconds Chronograph is an example of which the manufacturer is very proud and the only watch it has decided to show at Geneva this year.
Set in a 47mm Mineral Composite Fiber (MCF) case, which is claimed to be 2.5 times lighter than ceramic and 13% lighter than carbon composite, Monovortex stands out for its fiery red and rose gold livery. and impressive. He said it took years to develop.
Roger Dubuis
However, the distinguishing feature of monovortex is the new complexity it introduces.
One of them is the tourbillon. The concept itself is nothing new. Tourbillons have been in use since his 1801, and by placing the escape wheel and balance wheel in a rotating cage, the movement is freed from the effects of gravity on the movement as the watch rotates at different angles to the ground. I was able to protect my watch. There are many variations to this idea, with Roger Dubuis developing a new one for Monovortex, which the company says “controls gravity”. Rather than rotating on a single axis, the conical monovortex tourbillon rotates 360 degrees, maintaining precision no matter which direction the watch is rotated.
Roger Dubuis
Gravity also plays a role in Monovortex’s skeletonized automatic RD114 caliber. Instead of a rotating counterweight that automatically winds the watch, it has a turborotor cylindrical oscillating weight positioned vertically at 12 o’clock. When you run the watch, this micro-rotor weight rotates and gravity pulls it down in an oscillatory motion to generate power more efficiently and ergonomically.
But the Monovortex’s true masterpiece is the split chronograph complication that can time both entire events and laps at the touch of a button. As is often the case, Mono Vortex displays elapsed time in a unique way.
In addition to the seconds hand, the minutes are counted at 3 o’clock with digits 0, 3, 6 and 9 and set in an isotope pattern with markers placed between the digits 1, 2, 4 and 5 . 7, and 8. These represent individual minutes. Next to these are his three-point hands with the numbers 0, 1, 2, 3 displayed for 10 minutes. Elapsed minutes are displayed when one of these rotation points coincides with a fixed marker. For example, a point marked 1 for a fixed number of 6 means 16 minutes.
Roger Dubuis
It’s a little hard to understand in words, but it’s easy to understand the movement in the video.
In addition to these complications, the Mono Vortex also has a tachometer and a power reserve meter, displayed using fiber optics that change color when the watch is wound.
As a concept piece, the Mono Vortex is not for sale, but its innovations may find its way into future retail watches.
Source: Roger Dubuis
