LVRR-01 Chronographe à Sonnerie
Shortlisted
- Category
- Chronograph
- Case
- Platinum
- Movement
- Manual-winding mechanical Power reserve: 72 h, 21600 vph
- Functions
- Hours, Minutes, Tourbillon, Chronograph, Striking Watch 5-mn tourbillon
- Size
- ø 39.9 mm
- Thickness
- 12.2 mm
- Reference
- WAPT11
- Price
- 485,000 CHF
Description
Following the Louis Vuitton Watch Prize for Independent Creatives, Louis Vuitton is embarking on a series of collaborative timepieces with renowned independent watchmakers. For the first part of this voyage of discovery, the Paris-based Maison has joined forces with Rexhep Rexhepi, together creating the LVRR-01 Chronographe à Sonnerie: a double-faced chronograph embodying both brands’ DNA. The watch arose through a unique encounter between the different areas of expertise harboured within Atelier Akrivia and La Fabrique du Temps Louis Vuitton.
Available in a limited-edition run of 10 pieces, the model features a movement that was developed from the ground up by Rexhep Rexhepi for this collaboration. The new, eminently traditional calibre is equipped with a double complication, integrated into a wristwatch for the first time in Louis Vuitton’s watchmaking history. Its chiming complication is powered by a tourbillon movement developed entirely by Rexhep Rexhepi. The watch’s complications double as a testimony to both watchmakers’ very first timepieces: Rexhep Rexhepi’s AKRIVIA AK-01, which incorporated both a chronograph and a tourbillon, and Tambour LV227, Louis Vuitton’s first High Watchmaking complication.
Hand-crafted by Master casemaker Jean-Pierre Hagmann, the iconic case – a seamless reinterpretation of Louis Vuitton’s Tambour watch – is translated into a classic platinum shape imbued with Rexhep Rexhepi’s stylistic touches.
The distinctive aesthetic codes of both Maisons are unmistakable on the two dials yet coherently integrated into a perfect whole. The tinted sapphire crystal on the front dial features six gold cubes filled with translucent, fired enamel – a technique known as plique-à-jour – and a unique logo encapsulating the fundamental concept of the LVRR-01. The emblem reveals itself to be a union of the two brand names, with “LV” subtly incorporated into “AKRIVIA.” In contrast, the white grand feu enamel of the reverse face – crafted by Nicolas Doublel, the in-house master enameller at La Fabrique du Temps Louis Vuitton – features a classical design that pays homage to the very first wristwatch released by Louis Vuitton in 1988.
The LVRR-01 Chronographe à Sonnerie is delivered in a unique, traditional trunk made especially in the Asnières workshops for each watch. The trunk is painted by hand with a motif inspired by the chronograph scales on the enamel dial, along with the “AKRILVIA” logo and individual serial number of the respective watch.
Supplied by the brand to the GPHG for its entry.