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Gucci: reaching new heights in high watchmaking

June 2024


Gucci: reaching new heights in high watchmaking

Gucci’s new minute repeater is undoubtedly the watchmaking event of the year for the luxury brand. It reflects the brand’s ambitions in terms of mastering grand complications. This milestone is accompanied by other important launches, which we present below.

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he GUCCI 25H Minute Repeater propels the House to a new pinnacle of watchmaking savoir-faire, innovation and design, marking a steady progression since the brand’s first exclusive calibre in 2021, quickly followed by the skeleton flying tourbillon in 2022, and the launch of its first perpetual calendar last year. With its uniquely shaped and patterned bridges, the movement of this exceptional and architectural carillon minute repeater features three small hammers that strike different harmonious notes for hours, quarter hours, and minutes.

GUCCI 25H Minute Repeater
GUCCI 25H Minute Repeater

The on-demand minute repeater is activated not by a conventional pusher but by an innovative rotating bezel – infusing this masterpiece of precision engineering with unexpected flair and style. Although the complex movement comprises no fewer than 340 hand-assembled components, the watch still retains the signature streamlined profile of the GUCCI 25H, and comes in an ultra-thin 9.9mm tri-layer case. An octagonal crown hidden at 3 o’clock channels the sleek, urban aesthetic of this iconic collection.

GUCCI 25H Skeleton Tourbillon
GUCCI 25H Skeleton Tourbillon

Transparent sapphire glass has become a signature of the brand’s horological approach, and the GUCCI 25H Skeleton Tourbillon now comes in three new 40mm versions featuring this avant-garde material. Set on a black, blue or pink alligator strap, the dials are accented with matching coloured details on the Interlocking G logo at 12 o’clock, the hands and the flying tourbillon. A full 360-degree view of the skeletonised movement can be seen through the ultra-thin 8.2mm transparent sapphire case.

Gucci Interlocking
Gucci Interlocking

The House’s High Watchmaking repertoire has been expanded with Gucci Interlocking, a new line that combines two iconic complications – the flying tourbillon and jumping hours – which dance together in a striking new cushion-shaped case. The watch’s jumping hour display is crafted from a hand-lacquered hour disc of Roman numerals, inspired by the shape of the Interlocking G motif.

G-Timeless Planetarium
G-Timeless Planetarium

The G-Timeless Planetarium stands out for its distinctive and inimitable 12 rotating precious stones that encircle a central tourbillon in a rich rainbow of colour and light. A novel start-and-stop function activates the stones, which take 9 seconds to spin around their own axes, and 90 seconds to rotate clockwise around the dial. New fiery tones of opals and garnets and sunny yellow beryls give way to verdant peridot and tourmaline. Tranquil hues of topaz and tanzanite transition to lustrous amethysts and fancy pink rubellites. The stones’ vibrant charm is further enhanced by a textured guilloché base that reflects the stones’ beauty and light.

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