View from the architectural point of view on the new Tambour Automatic Chronograph Tachometer watch by Louis Vuitton

Watchmaking art and architecture are very similar to each other. Tight lines and sharp angles, gentle curves and symmetrical forms ... For the full visual perception is comparable impeccable in terms of watchmaking a new model Tambour Automatic Chronograph Tachometer and the building of the archaeological park and museum, "Alesia", designed by architect Bernard Tschumi.
The Voyager - that's how you can call the new Tambour Automatic Chronograph Tachometer watch, presented by the company Louis Vuitton in the current 2012 year. The novelty offers to plunge into the world of vintage racing cars. The triple tachometer scale is a tribute to the geometric shape of a circle - makes a revival into the dial, whose design is inspired by the dashboard of racing cars of the 1970s and is based on black, red and light gray colors.

Tambour Automatic Chronograph Tachometer

Tachometer scale with a triple circular grading allows measuring the speed below 20 km / h, while the classic tachometers are unable to calculate the average speed below 60 km / h. Three concentric circles are supplemented by an indicator of the small second’s hand at 3 o'clock position and a small, almost imperceptible aperture date at the 6 o’clock position.
The novelty is the owner of the famous 44-millimeter Tambour case, made in two versions - stainless steel and pink gold.
The novelty operates on a mechanical manufactory caliber LV 168 Automatic with a 42-hour power reserve. The functions of the mechanism: hours, minutes, small second, date and tachometer.
The model Tambour Automatic Chronograph Tachometer is released in a limited quantity of 888 items in stainless steel and 88 items in a case of pink gold.
Architectural analog of the watch - the new building of the archaeological park and museum "Alesia" - is a circular building with a diameter of 52 m and 6650 sq m., is made entirely of glass, held together by a wooden mesh. The wooden mesh of the building is visually flows into the general background of its environment, and the overall picture is complemented by the eco-roof, which was created by designer Michel Desvigne. The building has four levers, for receiving the public, the permanent exhibition, conference rooms, classrooms, administrative facilities and technical installations.

Alésia Museum and Archaeological Park by Bernard Tschumi Architects and Townplanners

The favorite subject Bernard Tschumi - is the position of "from house to house," which creates a so-called concept of "double skin". This concept includes the dual nature of the two different circumstances and some common elements: the duality of the walls of the building facade and the duality of the accompanying environmental implications of the program.
The same approach is used in the Louis Vuitton Tambour Automatic Chronograph Tachometer watch, where the measurements are carried out by multi-colored concentric circles placed on the dial, which is very similar to the concept of "from house to house."
And like the route set for museum visitors, the designers of Tambour Automatic Chronograph Tachometer watch imply that the holders of such a timepiece will be guided by its data in an amazing journey through time.

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Written by Lucy Vuiton