Louis Vuitton Tambour Slim is a watchmaking icon reimagined
Rooted in creativity, the Louis Vuitton Tambour expressed the maison's ?Art of Travel? lifestyle through never before seen watchmaking language. In 2013, horology's newest watch shape took on a slim, svelte form, enriching the collection
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Unique in the watchmaking world and highly distinctive, the Louis Vuitton Tambour established a new watch design language by drawing inspiration on its namesake. Inspired by the military snare drum’s unmistakable shape, the Tambour allowed her iconoclastic owners to march to the tempo of their own beat.
Sculpted rather than stamped from a metal monoblock, the rounded case was simultaneously sumptuous yet sturdy, its sensual curvature sloped upwards inviting the viewer’s gaze towards the dial while its caseback, adorned with the original Monogram pattern, was slightly larger than the bezel. In 2013, the watchmaking industry’s most original shape found new voice. The symbolic Louis Vuitton bloom shines with intense radiance, achieved through the expertise of La Fabrique du Temps Louis Vuitton watchmakers. The craftsmen reveal the metal?s brilliance by painstakingly brushing the stamped guilloche pattern by hand with a copper-bristled brush and Panama wood concentrate.
An Icon Reimagined: The Louis Vuitton Tambour Slim
Inverting the “drum”, Louis Vuitton introduced the Tambour Slim series, a pared down b...
The post Louis Vuitton Tambour Slim is a watchmaking icon reimagined appeared first on LUXUO.
Unique in the watchmaking world and highly distinctive, the Louis Vuitton Tambour established a new watch design language by drawing inspiration on its namesake. Inspired by the military snare drum’s unmistakable shape, the Tambour allowed her iconoclastic owners to march to the tempo of their own beat.
Sculpted rather than stamped from a metal monoblock, the rounded case was simultaneously sumptuous yet sturdy, its sensual curvature sloped upwards inviting the viewer’s gaze towards the dial while its caseback, adorned with the original Monogram pattern, was slightly larger than the bezel. In 2013, the watchmaking industry’s most original shape found new voice. The symbolic Louis Vuitton bloom shines with intense radiance, achieved through the expertise of La Fabrique du Temps Louis Vuitton watchmakers. The craftsmen reveal the metal?s brilliance by painstakingly brushing the stamped guilloche pattern by hand with a copper-bristled brush and Panama wood concentrate.
An Icon Reimagined: The Louis Vuitton Tambour Slim
Inverting the “drum”, Louis Vuitton introduced the Tambour Slim series, a pared down b...
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