Louis Vuitton has placed a 22-karat-gold rotor on the movement , which offers fifty hours of power reserve .
“ Watch enthusiasts will recognize all the features that made the Tambour ’ s design so unique ,” says Jean Arnault , marketing and development director for Louis Vuitton watches . “ While this limited edition is a true concentrate of everything that made this watch stand out , it also boasts brand new features that will set it apart for collectors .”
MANY GUISES Louis Vuitton has utilized its Tambour case as a base for various models during the past two decades . Most Louis Vuitton sports watches , notably the many nautically themed models that were made to accompany the Louis Vuitton Cup yacht races , were built within the Tambour case .
In a more complicated realm , you might also recall the Tambour Spin Time ( 2009 ) which displayed time using rotating cubes instead of clock hands and indexes , or the Tambour Mystérieuse ( 2010 ), the result of La Fabrique du Temps and Renaud et Papi teaming to devise a full ‘ floating ’ movement with no apparent links to the case or winder . ( See accompanying story about historical Tambour watches .)
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