Louis Vuitton celebrates 20 years of the Tambour with Tambour Twenty watch.
It was in 2002 that the enduring home of Louis Vuitton launched its first Tambour watch. Impressed by the English drum, the Tambour had a spherical case form however with thicker case sides that flared out to emulate a drum and built-in extremely formed lugs that nearly resemble a deal with. Whereas Louis Vuitton had begun creating watches greater than a decade earlier, in 1988, the Tambour was a big assortment, because it was the primary watch to make its debut because the model opened its workshops (additionally in 2002). Now, 20 years later, Louis Vuitton releases the Tambour Twenty watch.
The motion contained in the Louis Vuitton Tambour Twenty is La Fabrique du Temps LV 277 computerized … [+]
Just like the very first Tambour, which housed an computerized GMT motion, the brand new Tambour Twenty additionally homes an computerized motion. This one, although, is a chronograph motion. The La Fabrique du Temps LV 277 computerized motion is a high-frequency caliber based mostly on the Zenith El Primero motion, which was the primary computerized chronograph in historical past. Each manufacturers are owned by the LVMH Group. The rotor contained in the motion is crafted of 22-karat gold and the watch boasts 50 hours of energy reserve. The brand new watch can also be bigger than the unique one. The 2003 model measured 39.5mm in diameter, whereas right this moment’s watch is barely bigger at 41.5mm in diameter.
The Louis Vuitton Tambour Twenty is offered with a small LV emblem trunk.
Additionally, like the primary watch, the brand new piece incorporates a brown-hued sun-brushed dial. Like its first Tambour chronograph launched in 2003, the Tambour Twenty boasts an extended yellow hand for the central seconds chronograph perform and two smaller yellow fingers for 2 of the subsidiary dials. The title Louis Vuitton, which has 12 letters, is engraved on the case sides with one letter reverse every hour marker, identical to the unique model.
The brand new Louis Vuitton Tambour Twenty is predicated on the primary Tambour launched in 2002.
The Tambour Twenty is water-proof to 100 meters and the chronograph occasions to a tenth of a second. Simply 200 items will probably be made, every carrying its manufacturing quantity and every with an engraved case again. It’s offered with a small Louis Vuitton trunk made with Monogram canvas. Crafted in chrome steel, the brand new watch, which retails for $17,800, is a real homage to the unique.
Louis Vuitton has often elevated the Tambour through the years. The truth is, the Tambour was such a success amongst Louis Vuitton lovers, and watch lovers generally 20 years in the past, that it has turn out to be an icon at Louis Vuitton. Over the previous twenty years, a number of iterations have been made together with outsized variations (45mm), Slim variations, a tourbillon, minute repeater and extra. In 2020, the model even launched the Tambour Curve with a titanium and Carbostratum® case – proving Louis Vuitton will not be afraid to journey in new high-tech materials instructions. Diver variations, certainly one of which received the Grand Prix d’ Horlogerie de Geneve (GPHG) in 2021, grace the Tambour line – all as a testomony to the flexibility of the aesthetic design and the watchmaking prowess that Fabriques du Temps at Louis Vuitton brings to the proverbial desk.
The Louis Vuitton Tambour Road Diver received throughout the 2021 GPHG.
