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LVMH Watch Week 2025: The Tambour Convergence and Tambour Taiko Spin Time - entirely new lines at Louis Vuitton

The latest release includes two new Tambour Convergence and a new Tambour Taiko Spin Time collection, with all limited timepieces
At the ongoing LVMH Watch Week 2025, taking place in New York followed by a leg in Paris, Louis Vuitton has brought to the forefront once more its Tambour collection, though this time in a  range of releases across the new Convergence and Taiko Spin Time lines.The brand has unveiled two new Tambour Convergence watches, one in 18K pink gold 9 (Ref. W9PG11) and the other, a bejewelled version, made in platinum (Ref. W9PT11). The entirely new Tambour Taiko Spin Time collection features 18K white gold six watches, each a limited edition - there are two Tambour Taiko Spin Time, two Tambour Taiko Spin Time Air, one Tambour Taiko Spin Antipode, and a Tambour Taiko Spin Time Flying Tourbillon. 

Tambour Convergence

Tambour Convergence

Both Tambour Convergence models feature a 37mm hand-polished case crafted by the La Fabrique des Boîtiers workshop, the brand’s new case-making facilities in Geneva. In fact, the watch takes it name from the synergy of Louis Vuitton’s three ateliers -  La Fabrique du Temps  for the movement design, La Fabrique des Boîtiers for casemaking, and La Fabrique des Arts that focuses on rare handcrafts - that is expressed in both its technical and aesthetic details. 


The new watches pay tribute to Maison’s montres à guichet from the past era and re-interpret Tambour watches with a contemporary touch. With 8mm of thickness, the novelties are slim and have re-designed lugs, which are hand-polished on the outside and sandblasted on the inside, and a fluted and polished crown. This also ensures that they sit on the wrist comfortably.


The 37mm timepieces are characterised by plates where one would normally see the dial, and two sculpted open windows at 12 o’clock—the upper one for hours and the lower one for minutes. Beneath the plate are the hand-satin-brushed brass rotating discs, incorporated with blue Arabic numbers and markers printed by transfer. Time is indicated via a lozenge marker. While the pink-gold version has a pink-gold plate, the platinum model has a bejewelled plate decorated with 795 snow-set diamonds. 

The watches’ open casebacks reveal the new in-house automatic mechanical movement Calibre LFT MA01.01, beating at 4Hz and boasting a 45-hour power reserve. The creation of this movement marks a milestone for La Fabrique du Temps Louis Vuitton, signifying the expertise of the Maison’s watchmaking segment. Also visible is the 18K pink-gold oscillating weight engraved with the brand’s logo. A VVT camel calf leather with a beige calf leather lining strap is for the pink gold version, while a blue calf leather with a black calf leather lining strap completes the platinum model. 

Tambour Taiko Spin Time
Tambour Taiko Spin Time

The Spin Time line of watches have been a staple at Louis Vuitton since 2009, when La Fabrique du Temps’s founders Michel Navas and Enrico Barbasini created this for the brand, the first movement developed by them for Louis Vuitton. Inspired by the flap displays that show timetables at airports and railway stations, the jumping hour watch is now being propelled to the next generation, in the Tambour Taiko Spin Time 

“Without Spin Time, we would not have embarked on the challenge of entering high watchmaking in this manner,” says Jean Arnault, Watch Director of Louis Vuitton. “And consequently, we would not have integrated La Fabrique du Temps, which is a founding moment for our watchmaking.”

Tambour Taiko Spin Time

Still centred on the patented three-dimensional jumping cubes display, the time  in the Tambour Spin Time is indicated via Arabic numbered cubes, all in the same dolphin grey hue, except for the one indicating the current hour that displays a face in light grey. There is a separate minute hand. The brand has taken cues from the Tambour released in 2023 to develop the new Tambour Taiko and make it a sleek design. For example, the drum-shaped case is the same as the Tambour, but the integrated lugs are now sleeker and more elegant. The new case design has become one of the most complex watch cases crafted by La Fabrique du Temps Louis Vuitton. There are mirrored and satin surfaces on the case, and the bezel features polished relief letters that read “LOUIS VUITTON”, which sit within a sandblasted channel.

Tambour Taiko Spin Time
Starting with the Tambour Taiko Spin Time, this consists of two 39.5mm watches, one with a sunray dial (Ref. W9WG62), and the other with a hawk’s eye dial with 12 baguette-cut diamonds hour markers, as well as diamonds on the lugs and case (Ref. W9WG52). Both watches have an 18K white gold minute hand, closed casebacks and are powered by the automatic Calibre FT ST13.01. A dolphin grey rubber strap completes these watches. 

Tambour Taiko Spin Time Air
Further, there are two 42.5mm Tambour Taiko Spin Time Air, the skeletonised dial watches, distinguished by the bejewelled (Ref. W9WG31) and non-bejewelled (Ref. W9WG41) iterations. Both have a central sunray dial with Arabic minute markers and hands, and hours are shown via spin time air display. They have an open caseback revealing automatic calibre LFT ST13.01 and an 18K pink gold oscillating weight. 

Tambour Taiko Spin Time Antipode (Ref. W9WG21)
The worldtimer in the collection, Tambour Taiko Spin Time Antipode, is the world-first travel time complication with the jumping hour mechanism. The watch features 24 time zones simultaneously with a day-night indication. The world map is centrally placed, on which a yellow arrow shows hours and the other hand indicates minutes and the Worldtime is displayed by spin time air. Developed and assembled by La Fabrique du Temps Louis Vuitton, the automatic Calibre LFT ST12.01 powers the watch. 


Tambour Taiko Spin Time Flying Tourbillon (Ref. W9WG11)
Equipped with Tambour Taiko Spin Time Air and Air Tourbillon mechanisms, this timepiece showcases the brand’s unique watchmaking DNA. The tourbillon sits at the center revolving once per minute. The steel-built tourbillon cage is crafted in such a way it takes the shape of a Monogram flower. 

Just like the previous novelties in the line, the hours are shown by the spin time air and minutes are indicated by the minute hand. Driving the watch is the in-house Calibre LFT ST05.01.

Irrespective of the difference in functionalities, all the watches in the Taibour Taiko Spin Time collection have a power reserve of about 45 hours, are finished with a beige calf leather strap, and are resistant to water up to 50 meters. Except for the Tambour Taiko Spin Time Air, the watches have an open sapphire crystal caseback with an 18-carat pink gold oscillating weight. 

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