Roger Dubuis Knights Of The Round Table Merlin The Enchanter Is Forged In Legend And Alive With Light

Roger Dubuis unveils the second chapter of its Arthurian saga: Merlin the Enchanter, a Monobalancier timepiece where craftsmanship and myth entwine. Here, stones dissolve into crystal, diamonds capture starlight, and Crystallium unveils a palace of secrets an otherworldly creation as though touched by Merlin himself.

Encased in 45 mm of 18K pink gold with sapphire crystal front and back, the watch glows with regal presence. A pink gold bezel with crystal ring and crown completes its fortress-like frame, water resistant to 30 metres. At its heart, twelve miniature knights rise in eternal vigil. Each unique, no taller than six millimetres, they stand as sculpted guardians around the dial. Between them rise fifty-six pink gold, glass, enamel, and white-gold columns, some set with rare hexagonal-cut diamonds. Angled obliquely, these pillars draw the eye inward, deep into a stage where light plays endlessly upon Ruthenium-plated depths.

This hidden theatre is no mere dial it is Merlin’s crystal palace, an homage to his devotion to Viviane, the Lady of the Lake. Within its glowing architecture, beauty is both concealed and revealed, guarded by columns ranging from 0.2 mm to 3.7 mm, meticulously assembled on a pink-gold base. Nine glass blocks shimmer with purity, twenty-nine white enamel blocks blaze with fire-forged brilliance, and nine radiant hexagonal diamonds crown rhodium-plated columns with invisible settings. Rarer than platinum, Crystallium adds an ethereal glow, embodying the enchanter’s secret world. Around this sanctuary, the knights remain eternal protectors silent, sculpted, yet alive when light dances across their armor through sapphire glass. Each angle reveals new theatre, new depth, new reverence, blending Arthurian legend with haute horlogerie artistry.

Beneath this enchanted architecture beats the heart of Roger Dubuis’s automatic mechanical movement, a calibre that marries precision with artistry. Entirely hand-finished according to the strict traditions of the Poinçon de Genève, the movement is a testament to excellence. It is self-winding, drawing energy with every motion of the wrist, and carries the essential functions of hours and minutes with a grace that mirrors the simplicity of Arthurian legend. 

A power reserve of 48 hours ensures its endurance, while the movement itself, composed of 172 meticulously assembled components and set with 33 jewels, reveals the depth of mechanical mastery hidden within. Measuring 11 ½ lignes in diameter and just 3.43 mm in thickness, it is both compact and refined, yet powerful enough to beat at a frequency of 28,800 vibrations per hour. Its surface gleams with rhodium-plated Côtes de Genève decoration, the shimmering hallmark of Geneva’s watchmaking tradition, making the calibre as captivating to the eye as it is reliable in function.

With Merlin the Enchanter, Roger Dubuis reimagines myth as mechanical poetry. This is not just a timepiece it is an illuminated legend, a guardian of beauty, a promise of eternal devotion made tangible in light, gold, and magic.