Perrelet Tourbillon in gold and titanium

Stepping on the heels of Ulysse Nardin’s Maxi Marine Diver Titanium chronometer, the Swiss manufacture Perrelet reveals its new masterpiece: the Perrelet Tourbillon. What is the connection? Well, both timepieces are made of titanium and polished gold, a combination that was unthinkable for mainstream watches only a couple of years ago.

The Perrelet Tourbillon is a spicy dish. It takes a real courage to introduce a dressy watch with a tourbillon made of gold and titanium, sporting carbon-fiber dial and worn with a black rubber band. Ulysse Nardin has already employed such a combination (sans carbon-fiber, of course) in new its diving watch, but the Maxi Marine series was a kind of chorological kitsch from the very beginning.

Well, maybe that’s why Perrelet plans to limit Tourbillon’s production to only 20 units.

Perrelet Tourbillon watch’s specification :

Price range: N/A
Movement: Automatic P-161, open-worked, exclusive decorated Perrelet rotor, 26 jewels, COSC-certified
Complications: Tourbillon
Power reserve: 110 hours
Case material: 18kt rose gold and satin-finished titanium
Case dimensions: 42 mm
Case height: N/A
Dial: Black, titanium gray with a carbon fiber insert
Water resistance: 50m
Strap: Natural black rubber with Titanium deployment buckle with solid 18 carat rose gold cap
Crystal: Sapphire