This article was originally published in the Design 2023 Issue of the WatchTime print magazine.

In just two decades, French luxury fashion house Louis Vuitton has managed to make quite a name for itself within the watch industry. In 2002, the maison had unveiled the Tambour for the first time, recognizable at a glance with its unusual shape and its signature applied lugs. Today, the Tambour acts as a creative platform from the brand?s connected watch to award- winning haute horlogerie pieces. We take a closer look at a 2022 limited edition model from the brand.

Having become a symbol of Louis Vuitton?s watch collection over the years, the Tambour has seen different expressions over time. With the Tambour Spin Time in 2009, it even played with how time is displayed, with rotating cubes instead of hands and indexes. In 2011, La Fabrique du Temps in Geneva and its master watchmakers, Michel Navas and Enrico Barbasini, joined Louis Vuitton to create even more exceptional timepieces. The 2014 Tambour Evolution, for example, bore strong, masculine lines with its 45-mmdiameter case, whereas the 2016 Tambour Slim, in a Tourbillon version, appeared sleek and discrete on the wrist. With the Tambour Moon model launched in 2017, the brand kept its signature round case while reversing its caseband?s curve. Then, in 2020, the Tambour Curve introduced a titanium and Carbostratum case and flying tourbillon caliber, stamped with the prestigious Geneva Seal (Poinçon...