The star bridge is the whole watch
By Marco Bellini, Zurich ยท
Skeletons annoy me in principle. Most of them remove material to look technical and leave a movement that is weaker and harder to read. Roger Dubuis at least builds the skeleton as a design from the start, around its star-shaped bridge, rather than cutting holes in a normal caliber afterwards.
RD720SQ automatic, 72 hours, a single balance, as the name says. 42 mm by 14 mm in titanium on rubber, 100 m. The open structure is busy but properly finished, edges bevelled, the star polished.
Reading the time is the problem. Hands over a skeleton always fight the background, and here they lose half the time.
65,000 to 72,000 USD is a lot for an automatic with no complications, however open. If you want a loud sports watch with real movement work inside, it delivers. If you want to read the time across a room, look elsewhere.