The two gentlemen Carlos Dias (businessman and avid watch enthusiast) and Roger Dubuis (master watchmaker) are the heads behind a modern success story.

Their company Sogem S.A., est. 1995, set out to create unusual timepieces with varying complications which were also to be "objects of pleasure" for a clientele of wealthy collectors. Seven years later, the company, now called Manufacture Roger Dubuis S.A., has 110 employees. The gentlemen have remained true to their philosophy of making limited edition watches which follow a tradition, but are made for the future. Each of these superb timepieces bears the renowned Geneva Seal.

Foto left: Model M34 5739 5/9.63 with a domed rectangular case, a perpetual calendar and window dials is part of the collection Much More from 1999. Only 28 of any one watch are ever made. 

Foto right: The 950 platinum H37 5799 8/5.6 is from Dubuis' first collection from 1996. Its unique characteristic lies in the three retrograde dials operating from the centre, a complex mechanism which is patented. 

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Foto left: Examples from the collections Hommage (round case) and Sympathie (cambered square). It isn't just the unusual shape of these watches that fascinates collectors; their irresistible appeal also lies in the bi-retrograde perpetual calendar with six or five hands.

Foto right: A unique piece from 2000, the Reference H4860 8/g2-N1 is a platinum watch from the Hommage collection. Diameter: 48 mm, chronograph with coaxial push mechanism and bi-retrograde perpetual calendar. The result of eighteen months of skilful work by master craftsmen. 

Text: Corinna Keller

Fotos: Roger Dubuis SA