Roger Dubuis Timepieces
To Treasure

Roger Dubuis knows whereof the good doctor speaks; his watches salute the artistic impulse as exuberantly as they do that of the engineer.

Since establishing his own brand in 1995, Dubuis has emerged as one of the world's most accomplished and uncompromising horologists. His watches, created in collaboration with partner Carlos Dias, are produced in the rarified quantity of 28 pieces for any single design. The number is significant in many ways. As relates to time, it takes 28 days for the moon to make a full revolution around its own axis. In the case of Messieurs Dubuis and Dias, 28 is the maximum number of pieces that can be made to their exacting standards with no diminishment in quality.

A native of Switzerland, Dubuis became fascinated with the national technology at the age of 12 when he visited a watchmaker who lived and worked in his boyhood village of Vevey. As the frequency of the visits increased, so did the interest with which the boy studied the master at work. Before long, Dubuis' course in life was set. After earning his Certificate of Capacity and Watchmaker's Diploma from the Geneva Watchmaking School in 1953, he embarked on a career that spanned 27 years with some of Switzerland's pre-eminent watchmaking companies. He became an independent in 1980, specializing in restoration. It was during this time that he struck up an acquaintance with Carlos Dias, who had made a name for himself as a fashion designer in Italy. The two became friends, and eventually formed a partnership. By 1995, they had established Manufacture Roger Dubuis S. G. It is Dias who designs the distinctive faces through which Dubuis' exquisite "complications" present themselves to the world.

For a good look at a selection of inspired time machines that would no doubt have wowed even the estimable Mr. Wells himself, visit Tesorini in Bellagio.