Roger Dubuis

Roger Dubuis was founded in 1995 by watchmaker Roger Dubuis and designer Carlos Dias in Geneva. Roger Dubuis had started his career at Longines in the late 1950s, then spent 14 years developing complications for Patek Philippe before establishing his own atelier in 1980. After four years of development, the company unveiled its first fully in-house designed and developed watches in 1999. In 2001, a manufacturing facility was built in Meyrin, on the outskirts of Geneva. The Excalibur collection launched in 2005 with the Double Tourbillon Skeleton movement. Roger Dubuis is one of the few Swiss watch companies that produces most of its caliber components in-house, with calibers made of several hundred hand-finished components. Most Roger Dubuis timepieces bear the Poinçon de Genève, certifying watchmaking quality specific to Geneva. In August 2008, Richemont acquired 60% of the company, and in 2016 acquired the remaining 40%. Motorsport partnerships with Lamborghini Squadra Corse and Pirelli began in 2017. Co-founder Roger Dubuis died in October 2017.