
Continuing its transformation into a true luxury watch brand, Louis Vuitton has unveiled six new models from its stunning Spin Time collection for this year’s LVMH Watch Week 2025. The new model, called the Louis Vuitton Tambour Tyco Spin Time Watch, follows the introduction of the all-new Tambour Base collection in 2023 and the redesigned Escale line in 2024. Both made it clear that the brand was no longer interested in “fun” watches and was instead refocusing on producing true high-end watches. The Louis Vuitton Tambour Tyco Spin Time watch continues that transformation and may even cement the brand’s position.
Spin time and the idea of rotating spinning blocks to indicate the current time are not new. This is the first movement patented by Louis Vuitton (or rather, patented by La Fabrique du Temps in 2009 and acquired by Louis Vuitton in 2011), and we We covered the GMT version all the way back in 2010. The same goes for spin time. New Air Concept: In 2022 we actually developed the Air Concept. This new series represents a redesign and renewal, bringing Spin Time more in line with LVMH’s current vision for LV watchmaking. High-end producers competing with the best brands. To that end, the brand is thorough and has clearly re-established Spintime as a core component of its catalogue. A total of six new models will be available. It is probably better to view them as two model groups. The Louis Vuitton Tambour Taiko Spin Time comes in two variations, and the Louis Vuitton Tambour Taiko Spin Time Air comes in four variations.
The complication isn’t completely new (I also reviewed the tourbillon spin time), so it’s worth looking at what’s changed, and that’s true. Instead of the blocky drum shape of the earlier Tambours, these new models continue the family’s redesign from 2023 with more organic shapes and finishes, inspired by the La Fabrique du Tambour workshop. Showing off your abilities. The 18K white gold case tapers towards the wrist, and the satin-finished caseband is fitted with individual mirror-polished lugs with hollow, sandblasted sides. As seen on the 2023 release, the bezel is sandblasted and features polished branding that traces around the perimeter. The models all have 18k gold hands and matching markers where applicable, and the dials are described as dolphin gray, but I call them “blue.” All models feature a sapphire crystal, but the solid dial Spin Time model is water resistant to 100 meters, while the Spin Time Air model is unsurprisingly only 50 meters water resistant.
The Louis Vuitton Tambour Tyco Spin Time is a little less exciting than the wide-open Spin Time Air, but the see-through dial is better in theory (or without wrist hair) than it is in person. Most people would agree that there are. Measuring 39.5 mm wide and 12.15 mm thick, the gem-set model features 68 baguette diamonds, including diamonds set in the lugs, in place of the branded bezel ring. These time-limited models feature a solid dolphin gray dial with a rotating hour block. The standard model has a matching sunray dolphin gray center with an 18K white gold minute hand and 18K white gold markers, while the gem-set model has a beautiful hawk-eye dial with diamond hour markers. It’s a feature. Both come on a matching dolphin gray rubber strap with an 18K white pin buckle (with diamonds on the gem-set model).
Louis Vuitton’s Tambour Tyco Spintime Air model is sure to attract even more attention. Instead of that solid time ring, a time block is floating in the air. The case remains unchanged apart from its enlarged dimensions to 42.5mm wide and 12.45mm thick to accommodate more complex movements, and the beige calfskin strap. The gemset model has evolved even further here. Instead of 68 baguette diamonds and 12 more diamonds on the dial, the Spin Time Air case is encrusted with 909 brilliant-cut pavé diamonds, and the Hawkeye dial and block are encrusted with an additional 118 diamonds. Masu. But Spin Time Airs offers so much more than that. There are also options for time-limited and time-limited brilliance, but more impressive are the center tourbillon or world time complications. Both have “Air” omitted from their names, but they are see-through.
The Louis Vuitton Tambour Tyco Spin Time Antipode offers a world time complication, replacing time blocks with city blocks, displaying two cities each 12 hours apart. You don’t need to operate a clock to tell the time. Just find your city and check the corresponding time marker (reading local time is done by a small yellow arrow on the rotating world map disc). Cities are color-coded to indicate whether it’s morning or afternoon, and when that changes, the blocks rotate. The Spintime Flying Tourbillon retains the time block, but replaces the central dial with a flying 1-minute tourbillon set atop a mirror plate, showing off both sides of the mechanism. The minutes are indicated by a short, floating minute hand that traces around the tourbillon.
Although you can only see the movement of the Air model, it is enough to understand all the movements in these watches. The four time-limited watches use the same LFT ST13.01 caliber, while the Antipode uses LFT ST12.01 and the Flying Tourbillon uses LFT ST05.01. All of these movements feature an 18K pink gold rotor and are capable of delivering 45 hours of power at 28,800 revolutions per hour. Some might balk at such a power reserve, but 45 hours seems more than reasonable considering the dimensions and range the movement has to fit. The decoration is kept simple, with most of the surfaces consisting of sanding and graining.
These watches are very different from the chunky street style of previous Tambours and most Spin Times. These may embody the tambour drum better, but they look much nicer and look more 2025 than 2005. Prices are set between USD 72,5000 and USD 172,000, which may not be for everyone, but the price is set. It’s consistent with the level of watchmaking on display here. This complication, combined with clearly top-class finishing, is not new, but it is novel and impressive, and has few real competitors in this or any other price range. The only modern products that come to mind are those by Ludovic Ballouard and Byrne, the latter of which can only change the format of the cardinal marker. Overall, this refresh is a welcome continuation of Louis Vuitton’s transformation from flashy fashion timepieces to serious luxury timepieces.
The entire collection is reportedly limited to 500 pieces in total, which varies by model, but perhaps the most limited are the jeweled and tourbillon models. The watches are priced at US$72,500 for the Louis Vuitton Tambour Taiko Spintime W9WG62, US$145,000 for the Louis Vuitton Tambour Taiko Spintime W9WG52 jewelry set, US$81,500 for the Louis Vuitton Tambour Taiko Spintime Air W9WG41, and US$81,500 for the Louis Vuitton Tambour Taiko Spintime W9WG41 jewelry set. Taiko spin time Air W9WG31, Louis Vuitton Tambour Tyco Spintime Air Antipode W9WG21 for $99,500, Louis Vuitton Tambour Tyco Spintime Flying Tourbillon W9WG11 for $172,000. For more information, please visit the Louis Vuitton website.