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LVMH Watch Week 2026: Louis Vuitton introduces new Escale models, a new Tambour Convergence and the Legendary Camionnette

The Escale collection leads with new worldtime, dual-time, minute repeater and gem-set models and the Tambour Convergence Guilloché celebrates traditional hand-engraving
Louis Vuitton is expanding its horology portfolio for LVMH Watch Week 2026 to new heights. The maison introduces new models in the Escale and Tambour line along with a new Camionnette clock. Here’s a look. 

Escale Worldtime Flying Tourbillon 
The Louis Vuitton Escale Worldtime Flying Tourbillon is a 40 mm platinum, powered by the new in-house automatic caliber LFT VO 05.01, it features a centrally mounted flying tourbillon shaped like the signature Monogram Flower that serves as a "visible heartbeat" for the watch. The dial's city ring showcases 24 flags realized in Grand Feu enamel, a painstaking process requiring over 80 hours of work and 40 separate oven firings to achieve its vivid, permanent colors. This high-horology model provides a simultaneous 24-timezone display with jumping hours for enhanced legibility and offers a 62-hour power reserve.


Escale Worldtime 
The Louis Vuitton Escale Worldtime (Ref. W3PTA1) is a 40 mm platinum timepiece, a successor to the brand's original 2014 worldtimer. This model is powered by the new in-house automatic Caliber LFT VO12.01, which features a jumping hour disc and an 18-karat rose gold rotor, providing a 62-hour power reserve. Its standout design element is a blue grained effect dial, reminiscent of the signature Monogram canvas texture, framed by 24 hand-painted flags representing major cities. It is paired with a blue calf leather strap. 


Escale Twin Zone 
The Louis Vuitton Escale Twin Zone (Ref. W3PG71), is a 40 mm dual-time timepiece crafted in 18-karat rose gold. It features the new in-house Caliber LFT VO15.01, which utilizes four hands mounted on a single axis to simultaneously track two separate time zones with to-the-minute precision. This unique "Twin Zone" system allows for the adjustment of home time even in regions with non-standard 30- or 45-minute offsets, such as India or Nepal. The silver dial features an engraved globe motif with polished meridians and parallels, a discreet day/night indicator at 12 o'clock, and can "hide" its skeletonized home-time hands behind the local-time hands when only one zone is needed. Offering a 62-hour power reserve and water resistance to 50 metres, this model is paired with a grey-beige Saffiano calf leather strap. 


Along with this, a 41 mm platinum model also joins the list featuring exceptional gem-setting with 170 baguette-cut diamonds on the case and bezel, a crown set with a rose-cut diamond, and an additional 120 baguette diamonds on the dial flange. The dial’s center is crafted from shimmering blue aventurine engraved with meridians and parallels to evoke a starry night sky above a globe. It is also powered by the same in-house automatic Caliber LFT VO15.01. 


Escale Minute Repeater 
The Louis Vuitton Escale Minute Repeater (Ref. W3PGA0) is a 40 mm timepiece crafted in 18-karat rose gold that reimagines the brand's chiming watch legacy. This model is powered by the manual-wind Caliber LFT SO13.01, a 432-component movement developed at La Fabrique du Temps that provides a significant 80-hour power reserve. It features a unique "complication stack" consisting of a jumping hour display at 6 o'clock and a retrograde minute hand, both synchronized with the minute repeater mechanism. The dial showcases traditional craft with a handcrafted flammé guilloché center—which alone requires 60 hours of labor—complemented by trunk-inspired minute markers. A standout design feature is the discreetly integrated repeater slide hidden within the lug at 8 o'clock, maintaining the watch's elegant silhouette while offering 50 metres of water resistance.


Escale Tiger Eye 
The Louis Vuitton Escale Tiger Eye is a 40 mm limited edition featuring a rare monolithic case ring sculpted from a single piece of tiger's eye stone—a first for the Escale line in yellow gold used in the bezel, lugs and crown—requiring meticulous machining to microscopic tolerances due to the mineral's fibrous nature. The dial is a matching slice of the shimmering gemstone, carefully selected for its linear striations and amber-to-dark-brown chatoyancy. Internally, it is powered by the chronometer-certified automatic Caliber LFT023, visible through a sapphire caseback and featuring a 22-karat rose-gold micro-rotor with a 50-hour power reserve. Limited to just 30 pieces, the watch is finished with a Savannah brown saffiano leather strap. 


Legendary Camionnette
The Louis Vuitton Legendary Camionnette is a whimsical table clock that pays tribute to the Maison’s early 20th-century delivery trucks. Crafted from lightweight aluminum in iconic saffron and sibylline blue, the clock features a driver's cabin that serves as a display for the mechanical "heart"—the movement's balance wheel—visible through clear panels. Developed in collaboration with specialist clockmaker L'Epée 1839, the manual-wind Caliber MV.7417/101 provides an 8-day power reserve, with time displayed via two rotating cylinders located under the hood. A realistic miniature Monogram trunk is tucked into the rear "boot," which opens to reveal a signature winding key designed to mimic the hand-cranks of vintage vehicles. In addition to the standard model, a high-jewelry edition limited to 15 pieces is available, featuring a gilded metal body encrusted with over 40 carats of diamonds and sapphires.


Tambour Convergence Guilloché
The Louis Vuitton Tambour Convergence Guilloché (Ref. W9PG21) is a 37 mm 18-karat rose gold timepiece that celebrates the traditional art of hand-turned guillochage. Building on the montre à guichet (jumping-hour style) design debuted the previous year, this model replaces the mirror-polished dial plate with two distinct hand-engraved patterns: a concentric wavy "barleycorn" motif created on a restored 1850s rose engine and a linear pattern executed on a 1935 straight-line engine. The "poetic" time display utilizes two dragging discs (one for hours, one for minutes) visible through arched windows and indicated by a central polished lozenge marker. Internally, it is powered by the in-house automatic Caliber LFT MA01.01, which provides a 45-hour power reserve and features refined finishing such as perlage and sandblasted bridges. Measuring just 8 mm in thickness, the watch is paired with a blue calf leather strap. 


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