Lot Essay
The Tiefenmesser Tourbillon is a new Reservoir x Télôs watch co-creation: this unique crafted piece is unveiled exclusively for the 10th Edition of Only Watch, combining creative vintage display - 240° retrograde minute and jumping hour - with renowned high-watchmaking savoir-faire from Switzerland.
Reservoir proudly presents its very first in-house Tourbillon in collaboration with Télôs watch: a major technical step change for the emerging and independent brand, achieved with the collaboration of the renowned movement manufacturer from La Chaux-de-Fonds, Reservoir’s strategic partner since its earliest days. The unique crafted piece takes inspiration from the nautical measuring instruments of the last century, with a typical display like the depth gauge aboard submarines.
Encapsulated in a bronze case, it displays a regulator-type enamel “Grand Feu” dial, a blue hand for the retrograde minutes at 240° and jumping hours – last both being the brand’s aesthetic signature. The unique Swiss made watchmaking savoir-faire of Télôs watch is demonstrated by the imposing presence of a tourbillon at 6 o’clock featuring 437-pieces and 46-stones. Clocked at 4Hz and powered by a double barrel, it offers a 60-hours power reserve. The case back reveals an exclusive oscillating weight engraved with indications found on “chadburns” from old submarines.
EXPERIENCE
Visit of the TELOS watch atelier in Switzerland with the Reservoir watch founder.
HISTORY OF THE BRANDS
Unique design inspired by measuring instruments, RESERVOIR watches redefine boldness, by offering a radical way to read time – retrograde minute, jumping hour, power reserve. It transforms time into a precious resource, a faithful ally of adventure. Every 60 minutes, the single hand retrogrades and activates the next moment with the same intensity. To make every hour count. Fail or prevail but Make It Bold !
The Swissmade collections - GT Tour, Supercharged, Longbridge, Kanister, Battlefield (Cars), Airfight, Black Sparrow (Aeronautic), Tiefenmesser, Hydrosphere (Marine), Sonomaster (Music) and Comics by RESERVOIR (Blake & Mortimer, Popeye) - are all equipped with a bespoke and patented horological module associated with a manufacture movement (calibers RSV-240 or RSV-Bi120) and available globally on-line and within 80+ luxury retailers in 20+ countries, incl. USA, Japan, EMEA. Presented annually at international fairs, the novelties received outstanding reviews from the global media and are regularly nominated at the GPHG.
Reservoir proudly presents its very first in-house Tourbillon in collaboration with Télôs watch: a major technical step change for the emerging and independent brand, achieved with the collaboration of the renowned movement manufacturer from La Chaux-de-Fonds, Reservoir’s strategic partner since its earliest days. The unique crafted piece takes inspiration from the nautical measuring instruments of the last century, with a typical display like the depth gauge aboard submarines.
Encapsulated in a bronze case, it displays a regulator-type enamel “Grand Feu” dial, a blue hand for the retrograde minutes at 240° and jumping hours – last both being the brand’s aesthetic signature. The unique Swiss made watchmaking savoir-faire of Télôs watch is demonstrated by the imposing presence of a tourbillon at 6 o’clock featuring 437-pieces and 46-stones. Clocked at 4Hz and powered by a double barrel, it offers a 60-hours power reserve. The case back reveals an exclusive oscillating weight engraved with indications found on “chadburns” from old submarines.
EXPERIENCE
Visit of the TELOS watch atelier in Switzerland with the Reservoir watch founder.
HISTORY OF THE BRANDS
Unique design inspired by measuring instruments, RESERVOIR watches redefine boldness, by offering a radical way to read time – retrograde minute, jumping hour, power reserve. It transforms time into a precious resource, a faithful ally of adventure. Every 60 minutes, the single hand retrogrades and activates the next moment with the same intensity. To make every hour count. Fail or prevail but Make It Bold !
The Swissmade collections - GT Tour, Supercharged, Longbridge, Kanister, Battlefield (Cars), Airfight, Black Sparrow (Aeronautic), Tiefenmesser, Hydrosphere (Marine), Sonomaster (Music) and Comics by RESERVOIR (Blake & Mortimer, Popeye) - are all equipped with a bespoke and patented horological module associated with a manufacture movement (calibers RSV-240 or RSV-Bi120) and available globally on-line and within 80+ luxury retailers in 20+ countries, incl. USA, Japan, EMEA. Presented annually at international fairs, the novelties received outstanding reviews from the global media and are regularly nominated at the GPHG.