Louis Vuitton continues to assert its mastery in Haute Horlogerie with the unveiling of its 2025 High Watchmaking novelties, showcasing an extraordinary blend of technical prowess, artistic excellence, and cultural storytelling. Developed entirely at La Fabrique du Temps Louis Vuitton, the new timepieces represent a landmark in the Maison’s two-decade journey in fine watchmaking.

At the heart of Louis Vuitton’s horological artistry lies a deep commitment to innovation and tradition. This year’s offerings span three exceptional creations, each bearing the hallmarks of La Fabrique du Temps’ integrated ateliers — La Fabrique des Arts, La Fabrique des Boîtiers, and La Fabrique des Mouvements — and pushing the boundaries of mechanical sophistication and visual storytelling.

Samurai Virtue

The Louis Vuitton Bushido Automata stands as a powerful homage to the Japanese Bushido code, embodying honour, discipline, and strength. A mechanical marvel, this timepiece features a changing-mask automaton — a nod to samurai armour — powered by the award-winning in-house LV525 caliber, previously honoured with the GPHG Audacity Prize in 2021.

As the Maison’s third automaton timepiece, following Tambour Carpe Diem (2021) and Tambour Opera Automata (2023), the Bushido Automata boasts five intricate dial animations, including a jumping hour and retrograde minute display. Artistic excellence shines through with 140 hours of engraving, 120 hours of enamelling, and 200 hours dedicated to case finishing — all depicting a samurai’s journey across the caseback and bezel.

Cosmic Ballet

Blending avant-garde design with horological poetry, the Tambour Taiko Galactique is a tribute to the spirit of space exploration. Inspired by Louis Vuitton’s 2023 Tambour Jacquemart Minute Repeater, this new timepiece presents a futuristic titanium and white gold case housing a minute repeater with cathedral chimes.

The dial features seven animated figures — from astronauts to shooting stars — brought to life through over 300 hours of detailed engraving and enamelling. It masterfully fuses four traditional enamel techniques: miniature, grand feu, paillonné, and grisaille. The result is a celestial masterpiece that redefines the boundaries between technical innovation and artistic storytelling.

Pocket Beauty

Marking Louis Vuitton’s debut in pocket watches, the Escale en Amazonie opens the Escale Autour du Monde collection. A second model is set to join the list of 2025 novelties by Louis Vuitton on 9 June. This piece represents the Maison’s most mechanically complex creation to date, combining a minute repeater, tourbillon, and an automaton featuring seven animations and 15 moving elements.

The watch exemplifies the highest levels of Métiers d’Art craftsmanship, with miniature and paillonné enamelling in 31 colours requiring over 30 kiln firings. For the first time, Louis Vuitton incorporates enamel-painted sapphire crystal into its watchmaking. Housed in a vintage-style doctor’s travel bag inspired by a 1906 archival design, the pocket watch is as much an objet d’art as it is a timekeeping instrument.