AHEAD OF THE CURVE
As a fashion house in a watchmaking world, Louis Vuitton differentiates itself as a virtuoso of newness, a king in creating and harnessing novelty. That expertise clearly drove its latest haute horlogerie watch, the Tambour Curve Flying Tourbillon, a futuristic, ergonomic design that Head Watchmaker Michel Navas says is a milestone for the maison.
“Everything is new,” he says, “the movement, case, strap – even the materials and buckle are new. For Louis Vuitton, it’s a very new world.”
One key element, however, is not new at all: the watch bears the 134-year-old Poinçon de Genève, the rigorous seal that covers all manner of watchmaking aspects, including that the
