Fabergé’s first complicated watch, the Visionnaire 1 works its magic through a precious and unexpected composition reflecting the famous mysterious eggs from the Maison. This haute horlogerie model showcases the tourbillon in its most demanding version: the flying tourbillon. As if suspended in its carriage at 9 o’clock, this fascinating horological complication performs its seductive rotations in full view. The movement gear wheels may also be fleetingly glimpsed between the trapeze shapes forming a 3D rosette motif in the centre of the watch, while the back also reveals the most essential elements of this refined mechanism. The flying tourbillon appears in a hollow at 3 o’clock, topped by a discreet power-reserve display. The barrel ratchet-wheel draws the gaze with its pawl and spring hugging its circumference. 15-piece limited series.
SPECIFICATIONS
CASE
Blue PVD-treated titanium and platinum, 44 mm
Domed sapphire crystal and caseback, with anti-reflective treatment front and back
Water-resistant to 30 metres (3 bar /100 ft)
DIAL
TC1 luminescent hands and hour-markers
MOVEMENT
Mechanical hand-wound TOF14 calibre, 330 parts, 29 jewels, 21,600 vib/h
Movement adorned with guilloché, chamfered and satin-finish blue trapezes, shotpeened, chamfered and hand-polished NAC-treated nickel silver bridges and mainplate, 72-hour power reserve
FUNCTIONS
Hours, minutes, flying tourbillon, power-reserve indicator
BRACELET/STRAP
Alligator leather, folding clasp in blue PVD-treated titanium and platinum