Style Edit: Louis Vuitton Novelties 2024 collection – from the playful Vivienne Jumping Hours Astronaut and Sakura, to the intricate nature-themed Dragon’s Cloud, Snake’s Jungle and Koi’s Garden
- The plique-à-jour enamel of the LV Voyager Flying Tourbillon’s dial was crafted using an ancient and complex technique to create the lustrous blue gradient
- Architect Frank Gehry collaborated with the French maison to create his first timepiece, the Tambour Moon Flying Tourbillon – the dial alone took 250 hours to manufacture
Over the past two decades, Louis Vuitton’s pursuit of watchmaking excellence has resulted in exquisite timepieces that have consistently pushed the boundaries of creative design and innovation while showcasing their exceptional craftsmanship and savoir faire. Its latest Novelties for 2024 continues to strike this perfect balance of tradition and innovation.
Among them is the Voyager Flying Tourbillon which brings plique-à-jour enamel, a rare complex technique pioneered in the 4th and 5th centuries, into the modern age. The maison worked with several master enamellers to create a unique blue gradient dial with exceptional transparency and lustre.
It is paired with a unique skeleton movement, the hand-wound LV104 calibre, which features 168 parts that are hand-finished to the finest detail. It also bears the illustrious Poinçon de Genève seal which attests to its perfection in manufacturing.
The Vivienne, the brand’s iconic jumping hour timepiece first created in 2017, has also been reimagined in two new versions: the Tambour Slim Vivienne Jumping Hours Sakura and the Tambour Slim Vivienne Jumping Hours Astronaut.
Inspired by the Monogram flower, this vibrant character is reimagined in a pastel colour palette for the Sakura model, which captures the elegance and fragility of the Japanese cherry blossom. Its white gold case with diamond-studded lugs allows the iridescent Monogram flowers to bloom on the surface of its pink mother-of-pearl dial.
The Astronaut Vivienne, meanwhile, features a striking dial that combines blue mother-of-pearl with an aventurine – a first for the brand – to create the illusion of a glimmering Milky Way sky complete with Monogram flowers and miniature paintings of a rocket and planets. At its centre, Vivienne appears in an astronaut suit with red and black hand-painted details, her hair studded with snow-set diamonds.
