The making of a perfect tourbillon is an art which some of the world’s greatest masters of watch making have taking years to perfect. The first Tourbillon may have been created by Breguet in 1789, but ever since that time a number of the world’s most renowned watchmakers have become professionals in the art of making such masterpieces. The watch making house of Louis Moinet is one of those who have improved the art of creating watches that manifest various complex implementations of the tourbillion design and methodology.

The newest tourbillion from Louis Moinet has been critically acclaimed by the connoisseurs of watch making the world over as one of the best ever created. This new model is named the Vertalis and it not only takes its cue from older concepts in the art of tourbillion manufacture but also invokes newer concepts involving elements of both technology as well as design.

True to its name, this tourbillion design is primarily about applying the concepts of vertical positioning to the tourbillion design model. The carriage of the watch is connected to the barrel by means of a vertical bar that is hand-drawn. The barrel design offered with the Vertalis Tourbillion is the open worked version. This will help owners of this unique masterpiece keep visual track of the power reserve by looking at the state of wind of the barrel spring.

In terms of design, the Vertalis Tourbillion is strongly influenced by various influences; include the modern methods of combining the display design as well as technology. In terms of casing however, this tourbillion takes its influences from some older works of Louis Moinet depicted in the world-famous Traité d’Horlogerie drawings of 1848.

The technological specifics include the fact that the movement of this watch is strictly hand-wound, you can easily see the winding mechanism quite clearly through the back of the watch as well as its versatile “octopus” spring that powers various aspects of this watches functionality.

The Vertalis Tourbillion comes in a very limited edition of 12. Each watch also comes in a unique case that is composed of multiple and intricately designed parts with a number of patented design implementations as well as a number of designs with patents pending. Each watch comes with a price tag of around 220,000 CHF depending on the chosen options; the bracelets of these watches are made from hand-sewn Louisiana alligator leather.

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