LA FABRIC DU TEMPS In 2011 , after working closely with Louis Vuitton for several years , Geneva-based movement fabricator La Fabrique du Temps ( with master watchmakers Michel Navas and Enrico Barbasini ) became part of Louis Vuitton .
Since then , the watchmaker has continued to offer an impressive series of creative and often very complicated timepieces , most of which are fit within a Tambour case . Even Louis Vuitton ’ s acclaimed entry into the smart watch market , the Tambour Horizon Light Up , is built within a Tambour frame .
The Tambour case , however , has not remained static throughout its tenure . In 2014 , Louis Vuitton launched the Tambour Evolution with a more traditional 45mm round case , while two years later a thin Tambour case framed the Tambour Slim , which was also the watchmaker ’ s first watch with an in-house tourbillon .
In what was perhaps the most unusual iteration of the Tambour shape , Louis Vuitton ’ s Tambour Moon ( 2017 ) retained the signature Tambour round case but reversed its arc . The new concave case essentially created a second Tambour shape , which Louis Vuitton capitalized on in 2020 with the Tambour Curve . That watch features a titanium and carbon case that Louis Vuitton then fit with a phenomenal Geneva-Seal-certified flying tourbillon caliber . Louis Vuitton earned one of the watch industry ’ s most important accolades last year when its Tambour Carpe Diem received the Audacity Prize at the Grand Prix d ’ Horlogerie de Genève . As an encore , the Louis Vuitton Tambour Street Diver won the year ’ s GPHG Diver ’ s Watch Prize .
Louis Vuitton offers the Tambour Twenty as a limited edition of 200 watches , each priced at $ 17,800 .
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