#TAMBOUR CARPE DIEM PLUS#
The August issue of AFR Magazine – plus Watch – is out on Friday, July 30 inside The Australian Financial Review. No word on cost, but the Carpe Diem was two years in development and patents have been applied for. All this sits within the Tambour Carpe Diem’s 18k pink-gold case, capped with sapphire crystal displays, and finished off with a premium leather strap and pink-gold buckle. The watchmakers of La Fabrique du Temps Louis Vuitton in Geneva use their mastery of traditional craftsmanship and modern technology to reinvent the watchmaking of tomorrow. The complications required to achieve this – a jumping hour, retrograde minute, power reserve display and associated mechanisms (426 parts) – move in a “bafflingly harmonious way” we’re told, while readability, we’re assured, “is peerless”. Louis Vuitton has been quietly producing automata watches for private clients for some years, but this is the. The hand-wound movement is made up of a total of 426 components, and boasts of an impressive 100-hour power reserve. True to its founding spirit, Louis Vuitton makes watches that combine excellence, innovation and originality for the benefit of people who love travel and adventure.
Signature monogram flowers appear in lieu of an eye and – yes, there’s more – the skull’s jaw emits a mocking laugh from which emerge the words “Carpe diem” (seize the day). And with the Tambour Street Diver, Louis Vuitton continues its horological journey into the unexpected. Though on the surface, it appears to be a watch exploring the topic of mortality and the transience of life, the Louis Vuitton Tambour Carpe Diem in reality is the epitome of an aphorism about making the most of every moment. Snakes alive, could this timepiece really be from that well-known house of enviable accoutrements, Louis Vuitton?Ī Carpe Diem version of the Tambour, it tells the time on demand, without hands but with a presentation unlike any other.īy pressing a reptile-shaped push-piece on the right of the case, a snake’s head lifts to reveal an hour aperture positioned in the centre of a skull, while its tail oscillates towards adjacent minute markings. The Tambour Carpe Diem features bold high-watchmaking virtuosity, while the Tambour Curve GMT Tourbillon Volant, another high-watchmaking timepiece, is an invitation to new horizons. Louis Vuitton Tambour Carpe Diem: Snakes, skulls and symbolism.
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