A trio of watches from Louis Vuitton add drama to any outfit

As Louis Vuitton has proved time and again, it takes its timepieces just as seriously as any other product that bears its double-lettered logo – and it does so with the same fearless sense of adventure, if not more. Its latest trio of watches runs testament to that expression in the most intriguing way, illustrating once again La Fabrique du Temps Louis Vuitton’s insistence on playing the game with its own rules, no matter what others do.

The Tambour Opera Automata, for example, looks to the Sichuan Opera for inspiration and translates the magic of its much-revered, closely guarded secret art of “Bian Lian” (or face-changing) onto a wrist-sized stage. With a manual-wind calibre LV 525 (the same movement that won the Audacity Prize at the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève 2021), the watch displays the time on demand in a 16-second display that makes the dial really pop.