The Gucci Highwatchmaking collection is a whimsical take on watches, evidently designed to make telling time that more eccentric.
In 1972, Gucci Swiss Timepieces had an interesting take on watches: it would ignore the uniformity and sports-like look of watches from that era but keep the Swiss technical know how that was known as quartz technology. To make it Gucci-fied, of course, the Italian brand added its own unique decorative artistry to it.
In 2022, Gucci presents its second high watchmaking collection at the the Gucci Wonderland event in Geneva, a set of three timepieces inspired by like the event’s monkier suggests, a magical fairground where the magic starts on one’s wrist.
Gucci 25H Skeleton Tourbillon
Designed in 100% recycled white or yellow gold or in slate-grey titanium with a rubber strap, the timepiece is Gucci’s proof that it’s capable of the highest form of highwatchmaking: its see-through dial allows one to glimpse into the flying tourbillon at six o’clock which gives the watch a “floating” appearance akin to the defying of gravity.
G-Timeless Planetarium
The gem-set wheel of the dial rotates around a diamond star with just the push of a button, a novelty that is only made possible by what the House calls the Dancing Hours Flying Tourbillon. It also comes in white, rose or yellow-gold with rotating wheels of green tsavorite, blue tanzanite, or yellow beryl gemstones.
G-Timeless Moonlight
Within the dial of the watch that comes in pink or white gold are decorated moon waxes that telegraph time when the second and hand watches glide across it while the watch itself follows a 29.5-day lunar month. A feat of high watchmaking excellence, this beautiful Gucci timepiece only needs to be adjusted every 360 years.
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