Dragon Tourbillon

Description

u\xa0Louis Moinet presents Dragon Tourbillon, his new artistic timepiece in a limited edition of 12 pieces.\t\xa0Dragon\t\xa0A legendary creature, symbol of power, the Dragon is a gigantic scaly reptile, capable of flight. Objects representing a Dragon were found in a tomb as early as 3500 years ago!\t\xa0Slender and airy, powerful and revered, the Dragon has the body of a snake, the scales and tail of a fish, the face of a qilin, a fabulous hybrid animal with the antlers of a stag and the appearance of a horse or a stag. He also has the talons of an eagle and the eyes of a demon.\t\xa0The Dragon flies in the sky and generally plays with a pearl of fire. This pearl is believed to give him his power.\t\xa0Hand engraving\t\xa0Engraving the Dragon requires more than 50 hour of work, and is done entirely by hand using a piece of 18K white gold. A particular fine jewellery technique \u2013 rarely applied to watchmaking \u2013 enables the alternation from charcoal-grey to polished gold, and brings the Dragon\u2019s body to life. This is structured in a figure of eight, a number considered to be very lucky in Chinese culture.\tThrough its ruby eyes, the Dragon watches the pearl of fire, represented in black jade in the centre of the watch.\t\xa0Exceptional materials\t\xa0The body of the dragon has been cut out so as to reveal the fossilised dinosaur bone believed to be around 150 million years old.\xa0 Is the Dragon, a descendant from the large extinct reptiles of the cretaceous period? History cannot say. But the red and orangey hues of the dinosaur bone certainly help to bring the Dragon to life!\tThe rest of the dial is made out of black jade, which highlights the Dragon\u2019s body in its figure of eight.\t\xa0The DRAGON Tourbillon is presented in an exceptional 18K rose gold case composed of 59 different components and equipped with the Louis Moinet signature crown guard. The latter invention consists of an independent stem integrated within a watertight system and held with a plate secured by four screws. It represents a major advantage in facilitating servicing, compared to traditionally soldered stems.\t\xa0The view through the DRAGON Tourbillon display-back is almost as spectacular as the dial side, with the \u2018octopus spring\u2019 of the winding and setting mechanism taking centre stage. This ingenious component is effectively three springs in one \u2013 pull-out piece spring, lever spring and click spring \u2013 all radiating from the centre like the swirling legs of an octopus. The movement is engraved with Louis Moinet's C\xf4tes du Jura motif.\t\xa0

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