Like the 12 scales of a clock, it is naturally integrated into the concept of watch design and is considered a stroke of genius.

Founded in 1995 with a commitment to "combining transformative materials with advanced complications", the Roger Dubuis brand has quickly become a top watch brand thanks to its incredible creativity and excellent watchmaking skills.

The presence of Roger Dubuis has allowed this brand, which does not have a century-old history, to have many classic watches that can last for a hundred years.

Since 2013, Roger Dubuis has launched four generations of rare watches, limited to 28 pieces: the Excalibur Knights of the Round Table.

It is the top of the top clock.

The first generation of the Knights of the Round Table, first presented at the Geneva Watch Exhibition in 2013, used a Grand Feu enamel dial to reproduce the 1552 cave fresco of the Round Table in the hall of Winchester Castle.

From the central Tudor period red and white rose crest, two stripes alternately spread outwards in dark green and cream stripes to form a circular dial.

The second generation of Knights of the Round Table, first presented at the Geneva Watch Exhibition in 2015, did not use the dial of the 1552 fresco, and the material changed from enamel to black jade. Gentle and soft, through the pattern inscription to paint the meaning of auspiciousness and harmony.

The third generation of Knights of the Round Table debuted at the Geneva Watch Show in 2017, but it was very similar to the second generation, replacing the glossy black jade dial of the second generation with brushed jade, and the outer ring was changed from 18K white gold to 18K rose gold. It is said that it is the third generation, but in fact it can only be regarded as half a generation, which is not much different from the concept of adding an S to the back of Apple's mobile phone.

Many die-hard Roger Dubuis fans feel that the brand's creativity is not as good as it used to be.

It was also in October 2017 that Roger Dubuis passed away.

After Jin Ran returned to Switzerland, the Knights of the Round Table collection broke a two-year tradition and soon launched the fourth generation of the Knights of the Round Table at the 2018 Geneva Watch Exhibition.

In terms of design concept, the fourth generation almost completely subverts all the dial designs of the previous three generations, except for the concept of expanding outward with alternating stripes, the entire dial adopts the style of "low polygon" Low Poly Art, using blue enamel blocks and gold stripes to interpret a new artistic image.

In addition to these differences, there are many things in common.

First of all, it is limited to 28 pieces and can only be purchased in boutiques in Geneva.

The second is the RD821 automatic calibre with a thickness of 3.43 and a frequency of 28,800 vibrations per hour, all of which are in-house produced by Roger Dubuis and engraved with the Poinçon de Genève.

Renowned for its consistent timekeeping and long-lasting performance, this movement is the epitome of Roger Dubuis calibre's watchmaking expertise.

Thirdly, Roger Dubuis' Knights of the Round Table, from the first to the fourth generation, adopted the concept of a secret design.

On the back of the dial, the Wizard Merlin, who raised King Arthur and became the most important knight under his command, proposed the rules of bravery, wisdom, freedom, not fearing power, punishing evil and promoting good.

Finally, and most importantly, the common denominator is that each generation of Knights of the Round Table uses three-dimensional molded knights to replace the scale of time.

From the first to the fourth generation, twelve golden knights of 6.5-7 mm replaced the regular numeral scales, and each knight was hand-carved with a sword, with a completely different face and expression, around the round table.

After knowing that Jin Ran was the last disciple of Master Roger Dubuis, Maimaimai paid special attention to this brand.

When the biennial Knights of the Round Table was released in 2017 and 2018 consecutively, there was a lot of reason to believe that the subversive Knights of the Round Table in 18 years was from Jin Ran.

It's a bit incredible.

It's not that this design is good or bad, whether it surpasses the previous Knights of the Round Table, but this watch was presented at the Geneva Watch Exhibition a month after Jin Ran went to Switzerland.

Maimaimai knows her "master", the successor of Q&D Studio, is a genius, but there is no way not to feel strange.

Even if a watch like Knights of the Round Table has been designed, it may be completed one or two in a month after entering the mass production step.

The fourth generation is designed from scratch, and it can be completed in half a year, which can be regarded as a genius, not to mention the preparation and registration in the early stage of the watch exhibition.

Unless Jin Ran went to the first day to do it.

And this is obviously impossible.

Later, it was gradually reported that the fourth generation of the Knights of the Round Table was the last project that Roger Dubuis personally participated in, and it was a posthumous work.

I think this matter is more understandable, and fortunately this is the case, otherwise I would feel weird when I see Jin Ran again.

It's not the kind of weirdness that geniuses are not geniuses, but the concept of the Knights of the Round Table makes Mai Mai Mai a bit incompetent.

Roger Dubuis's Knights of the Round Table, watch lovers like the previous Boss who didn't run out of money, must have heard of it.

The Knights of the Round Table are inspired by the legend of King Arthur.

In the West, King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table were considered a symbol of heroic loyalty and trust.

The round tables that you hear about in the news every now and then are actually derived from the legend of King Arthur.

King Arthur inherited a round table from his father-in-law, which became the meeting table of his valiant knights after Arthur was a thing of the past, and was used to discuss the military and political affairs of the state.

King Arthur's Knights, who came from different kingdoms, sat around the round table to discuss national affairs on an equal footing and freedom, and the round table gradually became synonymous with equality and freedom.

This chivalrous tale of King Arthur sounds like nothing wrong with it, and it's alive and well.

But Mai Mai Mai, who knows the whole story of King Arthur, has never understood this legend of the richest chivalry in the West.

Even the Knights of the Round Table with Roger Dubuis didn't have much feeling.

The legendary King Arthur, who was brave and brave, defended his country and unified Great Britain, was an illegitimate child and later had an illegitimate child of his own.

It's not a big deal, and it's understandable to buy, buy, buy, buy.

The problem is that the legend of King Arthur is as sensational as the legend of the gods in Greek mythology.

The story begins with a heroic and fearless teenager, and at the end of the story, it is not the prince and the princess who live happily ever after, but King Arthur and his half-sister who indescribably give birth to an illegitimate child, and the illegitimate son and King Arthur's wife do unspeakable and unethical things.

Its plot is only bloody, so that Maimaimai, the boss and the little sister who grew up under the influence of traditional Chinese culture all feel the same unadaptable.

It's all ruined, and it's dumbfounded.

No matter how heroic and invincible it was on the battlefield to unify Great Britain, it did not hide the blood of its plot and the annihilation of human nature.

If Jin Ran's design also follows the concept of the Knights of the Round Table, no matter how innovative it is, it will accept incompetence in the same way.

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