A tribute to endurance: Timekeeping crafted for the extreme
As the event’s Official Timekeeper since 2019, Rebellion Timepieces accompanies the competitors in the world’s most prestigious endurance race from start to finish. And, just like in previous editions, one-of-a-kind limited series are showcased a few hours before the 46th Dakar kicks off.
With 7,891 km of gravel-filled tracks and tons of sandy dunes, 778 drivers all categories combined, a 48-hour monster-marathon “chrono stage”… it goes without saying, the 46th Dakar programme lives up to its word! When it comes to hitting the finish line, riders will need to give it their all. From 5 to 19 January 2024, from AlUla, through Riyadh, then back to Yanbu, Rebellion Timepieces will be hellbent on recording their performances as they speed along dusty Saudi Arabian dirt-tracks and roads. As the legendary rally-raid’s Official Timekeeper for the 6th year in a row, the Swiss brand will be putting its expertise to work for the greatest adrenaline-boosting competition ever. At the end of the 12 stages, the winners will be presented with exclusive commemorative watches. For this Dakar edition, two unparalleled creations, in the shape of limited series boasting just 15 pieces, are powerfully infused with the Dakar spirit.
The Predator Chrono Dakar 2024
Incomparable, ambitious, uncompromising… in a nutshell, Rebellion-created watches with motorsport get-up-and-go! First up, the Predator Chrono Dakar 2024 conjures up the Rebel watchmakers’ undying passion for the Dakar. This piece spotlights the perfect high-tech and stylistic fusion of the race and cutting-edge watchmaking. Its exquisitely-sophisticated black DLC-dressed dial invites to take to the wheel and sprint off to adventure. Time data’s ever-so easy to read in this model’s openworked scenescape. Warm, sunny nuances echoing sandy desert hues stand out on the honeycomb-mesh design. The chronograph counters and sequential small seconds set off with dashes of red breathe life into a dynamic scenography where each component plays a leading role. The Super-LumiNova®-topped golden hands and markers heighten wearer-friendliness of the watch, imagined like a can’t-do-without instrument in the cockpit of a Dakar racer.
Carbon fibre, the must-of-all-musts in developing and fine-tuning high-performance sports prototypes cut out to conquer, flaunts first-class mechanical properties, trumps for watchmaking: lightness and incredible hardness. This multi-layer, resin-coated fabric is also armed with a weight/resistance ratio beyond compare. What’s more, this composite material, 75% lighter than steel and 10 times more resistant, accentuates a watch’s character with its highly-original striated pattern that brings out impressive design. Thanks to all its assets, carbon has become Rebellion Timepieces’ high-tech and stylistic signature by diffusing no-compromise creation into its masterpieces.
As such, the Predator Chrono Dakar 2024 dazzles with superlative manufacturing quality, centre staged through its sculptural 48 mm-diameter case, waterproof to depths of 50 metres, protected by a bezel also crafted in carbon. This state-of-the-art material’s random pattern exalts the watch’s exclusive identity. And, to underpin its sporty look even more, this edition comes complete with a Cordura® textile strap whose colour matches the tones that fashion Dakar’s desert panoramas.
All the time data, including the date, is accurately driven by a Swiss Made calibre. This self-winding movement delivers a power reserve of 48 hours when the timepiece isn’t being worn. The honeycomb-forged, twirling and whirling oscillating weight catches the eye through the iconic Dakar logo-decorated sapphire-crystal caseback.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Case Materials: Forged carbon, titanium black DLC
Glass: Sapphire crystals with anti-reflective treatment
Case back: Sapphire crystals with anti-reflective treatment
Case dimensions: 48mm
Flange: Black
Water resistance: 50m / 5 ATM
Movement: Swiss made automatic movement
Functions: Hours, minutes and seconds
Jewels: 27
Balance frequency: 4 Hz (28,800 vph)
Power reserve: 48 hours
Strap and buckle: Sand color textile, velcro closure with black DLC titanium buckle
The Predator 2.0 3 hands Dakar 2024
Just like all Rebellion Timepieces’ creations, the Predator 2.0 3 Hands Dakar 2024 embraces powerful design. On its awe-inspiring, honeycomb-patterned dial, XL-sized numerals 9 and 12 reign supreme with their sandy shade. This same vibrant colour graces the stylized markers, the date aperture and the trio of hour, minute and second hands, as well as the minute tracker running round the flange. This gold-on-black composition, bedecked with the Dakar logo, nestles in a 48 mm carbon case, waterproof to depths of 50 metres. This case hosts an ever-so accurate, sturdy Swiss Made self-winding movement (48 hours of power reserve).
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Case Materials: Forged carbon, titanium black DLC
Glass: Sapphire crystals with anti-reflective treatment
Case back: Sapphire crystals with anti-reflective treatment
Case dimensions: 48mm
Flange: Black
Water resistance: 50m / 5 ATM
Movement: Swiss made automatic movement
Functions: Hours, minutes and seconds
Jewels: 27
Balance frequency: 4 Hz (28,800 vph)
Power reserve: 48 hours
Strap and buckle: Sand color textile, velcro closure with black DLC titanium buckle
Rebellion, when the race is the name of the game
For the 5th year in a row, the Rebel spirit hits the Dakar starting blocks with two Toyota Hilux T1+ flying high Rebellion Racing and its partners’ colours. Building on their experience gained edition after edition, two duos, aka Alexandre Pesci and Stephan Kuhni (#251), and Romain Dumas and Max Delfino (#231), once again intend to disrupt the long-held classification. Burning up the 46th Dakar tracks with passion isn’t an option.
