To have all this while staying quite discreet. J.A.: Having been able to integrate an entire electronic module without making the watch case thicker or needing to enlarge its diameter. WWD: What are the elements that you’re most proud of in this watch? The watchmaking world moves at its own pace. Will we achieve this or other futuristic functionalities? It would be the dream but I don’t know. It’s a step toward James Bond’s watch, where you press a button and you see a purely digital display and making those kinds of watches in the physical world. We worked for over two years on this watch and I believe there is a very promising future together. Over time, I think that’s a concept we’ll be pursuing. As this timepiece shows, even within the same product. Both have their place, separately and within a collection. ![]() WWD: Does it bridge the gap between high horology watches and the growing field of smart watches? ![]() We wanted to do during the 20th anniversary to show that beyond purely technical innovations on movement that the rest of the industry can also contribute, we are working on a higher echelon, considering how we can associate other fields - not just from within the house but in general - in our creations. This kind of complication rarely, if ever, exist in today’s horology. Jean Arnault: It’s not the anniversary piece but it’s a testament to how Louis Vuitton has gone into territories where other labels don’t tread, for example, by pairing a mechanical movement and an electronic module. WWD: Do you consider the Tambour Spin Time Air Quantum the timepiece celebrating two decades of watchmaking for Louis Vuitton? Jean Arnault, Louis Vuitton’s marketing and product development director, watches. “All the métiers of the house in a beautiful package,” said the executive, pointing out the mix of precious stones and miniature painting that see Vivienne become a fortune teller, a casino card dealer or a circus performer. ![]() Also revealed today are a trio of Tambour Slim Vivienne Jumping Hours timepieces in jewel tones, featuring the brand’s mascot taking an active role in the way time is displayed, in a similar spirit to the award-winning Tambour Carpe Diem, which scooped the “Audacity Award at the 2021 Grand Prix de l’Horlogerie Genève. With obvious relish, Jean Arnault, director of marketing and development, Louis Vuitton watches, remarked that this watch that took two years to develop seemed “so straightforward once you have it in hand.”Īnd it didn’t come alone. Other innovations, such as the fused silica glass used for the hour cubes, are nigh-on-invisible but contribute to the otherworldly glow of this watch named after the smallest amount of a physical property. Illumination is on demand, lasting three seconds or until the pusher is released. It boasts enamel elements by Anita Porchet and engraving by Dick Steenman and has been completed after two years in the making.A press on the crown’s pusher, reveals why, unlike its Spin Time brethren, its LV 68 caliber seems to rest against a bottom dial with a circular grain - this hides an electronic module controlling the ring of 12 light-emitting diodes concealed under the flange of the dial, each pointing to an hour cube. ![]() On the back of the watch, one can spot its movement’s design, also shaped like a skull. The entire spectacle lasts 16 seconds while leaving the wearer awestruck. Thereafter, the skull’s jaw lets out a laugh with the words carpe diem emerging miraculously. On pressing the push-piece on the side of the case, the reptile’s head lifts to reveal the time, with the hour aperture positioned on the forehand of the skull and the rattlesnake tail oscillating towards the minutes. Commenting on the masterpiece, Michel Navas, Expert Watchmaker at La Fabrique Du Temps Louis Vuitton, said, ‘Our aim was to get off the beaten track,’ he further added, ‘We wanted to bring to the jacquemart our vision of the 21st century with all the energy and creativity characteristic of our brand since it began producing watches in 2002.’Ĭomplete with four watch compilations, the Carpe Diem features a jumping hour, a retrograde minute, a power reserve display, and the mechanism of the automata.
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