Fascinating from a mechanical point of view, the exclusive Spin Time movement patented in 2010 displays the time via rotating cubes. This first complication designed and assembled by the watchmakers from La Fabrique du Temps Louis Vuitton is, by definition, dedicated to globetrotters. Staying in line with contemporary trends, Louis Vuitton – for whom travel lies at the heart of its inspiration – is this year presenting this captivating mechanism in the Tambour éVolution case, whose strong and simple lines are enhanced by “black MMC”, an innovative black material with incredibly durable and lightweight properties. This GMT watch with exemplarylegibility and functionality is undoubtedly an icon in the making.
Giving a new dimension to travel time The Spin Time complication, developed and assembled by the master watchmakers from La Fabriquedu Temps Louis Vuitton, boasts advanced technical features and clear legibility. It was only logical for it to be housed in the Tambour éVolution watch’s ultra-modern case. In this configuration, the dynamism of the GMT display, featuring on the dial in the form of twelve aluminium cubes with a fine satin finish, echoes the taut and flowing lines of the two-tone pink gold and “black MMC” case.An exemplarily effective mechanism Extremely useful when travelling, this unusually efficient way of reading the time proves to be extremely easy to adjust in practice.
Developed and assembled by La Fabrique du Temps Louis Vuitton, the LV 111 calibre has been designed to be a model of simplicity and reliability under anycircumstances. Acting like a jumping hour mechanism, the system wound by the automatic movement goes into action every 60 minutes.
It moves, in a flash and by a twelfth of a turn, a disc equipped with appendices. The latter act on the Maltese crosses riveted to the axes of the aluminium cubes, rotating two of the twelve cubes by a quarter turn. The first presents a satin-finish face whereas it previously displayed an arrow, and the other, whose cube face had a satin-finish a few moments beforehand, presents in a flash an arrow pointing outwards to indicate the hours from 01:00 to 12:59 or an arrow pointing inwards to display those from 13:00 to 00:59.
A modern and technical design Launched twelve years ago, the Tambour is developing with a new icon that aims to reflect current fashions and aspirations. The Tambour éVolution Spin Time GMT watch draws on strong codes and adopts a uniquely distinctive stylistic vocabulary to enrich its image without distorting it to achieve this balance.
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