“Coeur Ouvert® Tourbillon”
"Coeur Ouvert® Tourbillon"
Limited edition to 10 pieces
This model is currently unavailable at the shop,
but pre-orders are now reopen:
Price is €20,000 VAT excl./€24,000 VAT incl. instead of
€24,000 excl. VAT/€28,800 incl. VAT.
When we launched our first Fréret-Roy 1818 watches in 2011, the creation of our brand and models was based on one idea: to offer our customers the watches they wanted. Our customers regularly asked us for a modern skeleton watch at a reasonable price, and so our first skeleton watch, the ‘Coeur Ouvert® Nouvelle Vague’, was born.
Why a tourbillon watch ?
As for all our creations, it was discussions with our customers, at least some of them, that made us want to produce a tourbillon watch in a very limited edition! These customers expressed the desire to acquire a skeleton Tourbillon whose price would still be "affordable" compared to the competing productions of most of institutional brands or renowned independent watchmakers. This is how we embarked on this challenge. We invite you to discover our Coeur Ouvert® Tourbillon below...
In a few words...
It was the convergence of the talents of independent watchmakers and myself - as a modest watchmaking entrepreneur - and of course my wife Sophie and our children, as well as the contributions of the first purchasers of our “Coeur Ouvert® Tourbillon” that enabled us to finalize its design, giving birth to the first tourbillon produced by an independent French brand, our own. Since then, other French brands have followed us by launching their own tourbillon models, but we were the forerunners in this field, and our skeleton tourbillon remains unique.
The 100% Swiss components of the caliber were the obvious choice for our independent French brand, whose family origins date back to the 18th century in Couvet, Switzerland, also known as the “Val de Travers”, a well-known village in the Canton of Neuchâtel. Our Swiss origins alone justify our choice of a Swiss caliber.
Watch the tourbillon cage in motion as it rotates
Distinctive features of our
"Coeur Ouvert® Tourbillon
Limited edition of 10 pieces
Our Coeur Ouvert® Tourbillon is offered in our "Coeur Ouvert® Nouvelle Vague V2 T" case, which has been hand-modified from the original CONV2 case, with a diameter of 42mm, in hand-satin-finished steel, featuring a domed sapphire crystal, which benefits from a very high quality reinforced anti-reflective treatment applied on both sides and a sapphire caseback.
Designed and manufactured by an independent workshop, our tourbillon caliber is an integrated manufacture movement with no generic base. Certified "Chronofiable", this hand-wound caliber beats at 21600 a/h and is adjustable in six positions. It has a significant power reserve of around 4 days (measured from 95 to 100 Hours). The tourbillon is placed under an arch-shaped bridge positioned at 6 o'clock and it is its “architectural” spirit that led us to choose a tourbillon under a bridge, rather than a flying tourbillon, which is less in keeping with our philosophy.
The skeleton design is by Michel Fréret-Roy, and both the cut-out and the model have been registered with INPI, the French National Institute of Intellectual Property. Once skeletonized, the tourbillon movement is bead-blasted and then treated in anthracite color, as is the flange (open dial). The tourbillon bridge at 6 o'clock, in the shape of an arch in the spirit of the caliber's cut-out, is finished in rhodium. The movement screws are in blued steel.
Our Coeur Ouvert® Tourbillon is very rare, produced in a very limited series since there will be no more than ten pieces produced, making its production cost much higher than many competing models produced in hundred or thousand copies.
A new open dial signed at 3 o'clock!
In order to leave the skeletonized movement fully visible,
we have placed the brand's logo looking like the roman figure "III" at 3 o'clock.
Our logo, which looks like the number "3", rightfully finds its place in this strategic location that one cannot fail to see as soon as the shirt sleeve partially reveals the watch! A signature that speaks for itself, a strong sign of identification. The hours are indicated by set "capsules", hand-filled with superluminova, the colour of which matches the leaf hands.
Last details, the individual number of the watch is engraved between the horns at 6.
The strap is made of full skin alligator and the butterfly folding clasp is hand satin finished and bears the brand's logo.
“Coeur Ouvert® Tourbillon”
Limited Series of 10 pieces
Hand-brushed steel case, 42 mm in diameter
Curved sapphire crystal with multi-layer anti-reflective treatment, sapphire back
Manufactured caliber 4 days power reserve
Anthracite full-skin alligator strap and folding clasp
Pre-order/subscription price:
€20,000 excl. VAT/ €24,000 incl. VAT,
Price when on stock:
€24,000 € excl. VAT/€28,000 incl. VAT.
Photo François Xavier Overstake, 17.5cm wrist
Precious wooden boxes
of the
“Coeur Ouvert® Tourbillon”
Handmade in Paris by a former student of the Ecole Boule, according to our design,
The Fréret-Roy 1818 boxes are made of precious wood:
Santos rosewood or olive ash burl.
Any type of wood on special request!
The interior wooden boxes are removable and covered in “antelope” colored Alcantara, as is their protective cover and can be easily placed in a safe. They are designed to accommodate three watches, the sides of the cushions are in ebony. The box, whose structure is made of Spanish cedar, is ideal for storing cigars, but can accommodate any other object of your choice.
Olive ash burl
Santos rosewood (lengthwise)
Santos rosewood (in chevron design)
Another option:
“Coeur Ouvert® Tourbillon”
Black
On order exclusively,
produced on demand, individually!
For technical details, please refer to the presentation of the steel “Open Heart® Tourbillon” below.
Our Open Heart® Tourbillon is now available in our Open Heart® Nouvelle Vague V2 T case Black , with a diameter of 42mm, in hand-brushed black steel, equipped with a domed sapphire crystal, which benefits from a very high quality reinforced anti-reflective treatment on both sides and a sapphire back.
Remember that the drawing of the skeleton is signed Michel Fréret-Roy, the cutout and the model have been deposited at the INPI, National Institute of Intellectual Property.
Coeur Ouvert® Tourbillon Black
Produced on demand,
delivery time of 9/12 months
Hand-brushed black steel case, 42 mm in diameter
Curved sapphire crystal with multi-layer anti-reflective treatment, sapphire back
Manufactured caliber 4 days power reserve
Black full-skin alligator strap and folding clasp
Price: €25,000 € VAT excl./30,000 € VAT incl.
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A few technical details...
Below, the tourbillon bridge!
Coeur Ouvert® Tourbillon
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