Reinforcing the theme, the LV 525 movement is in the shape of a skull, visible through the back of the Carpe Diem watch, only a handful of which will be made each year. Tambour Carpe Diem Diameter 46.80mm Thickness 14.42mm Water resistance 30m Material 18K Pink Gold Type Manual-winding.
For more information, visit the Louis Vuitton website. The retail price of the Tambour Carpe Diem is 470,000. Moreover, it will give the owner the pleasure of admiring the jumping hour, retrograde minutes hand, and power reserve indicator. This animated tableau is subtly decorated with enamel and engraving. The movement comprises 426 components operates at 21,600vph and utilizes 48 jewels. Meanwhile, the skull winks to reveal a Louis Vuitton Monogram flower in one of its sockets at the same time as its jaw opens in laughter to reveal a message: “Carpe Diem”. Louis Vuitton has been quietly producing automata watches for private clients for some years, but this is the. And off the beaten track, he commits himself, while Louis Vuitton plunges into philosophy, religion, euphemism to create the Tambour Carpe Diem, a masterpiece of automaton whose goal is to transmit the vision of the 21st century with all the energy and creativity that characterize Louis Vuitton in the modern reinterpretation of jacquemart.
The snake lifts its head to reveal an opening in the middle of the skull for the jumping hours display while the tip of its tail flicks across the minute scale, underneath the sandglass that measures power reserve. While Monogram Flowers appear in lieu of an eye, the skulls jaw emits a mocking laugh from which emerge the words Carpe Diem Seize the day, in the words. When the serpent-shaped pusher, on the right side of the 47mm gold case, is pressed, the dial is transformed into a moving spectacle. This Carpe Diem watch is very much a contemporary iteration in the form of a snake and a skull that give the time, without hands, on demand. Presented during Watches & Wonders 2021 Louis Vuittons Tambour Carpe Diem was a bolt out of the blue and unlike anything else the French luxury goods house. The very first automata, or jacquemarts in horological parlance, struck the hours on tower clocks.
Louis Vuitton has been quietly producing automata watches for private clients for some years, but this is the first time the brand has made its expertise public with a vanitas.
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