2026 Louis Vuitton Watches: What’s Been Released So Far
Louis Vuitton’s 2026 watch releases continue the steady shift we’ve seen over the past few years, with La Fabrique du Temps firmly at the center of the brand’s watchmaking identity. From refined métiers d’art pieces to technically ambitious travel complications, the latest lineup centers around mechanical credibility while still leaving room for decorative experimentation. Here are all the 2026 Louis Vuitton watches announced so far, complete with specs, pricing, and release dates.
Tambour Convergence Guilloché
Release Date: January 2026
The Tambour Convergence Guilloché is the third model in Louis Vuitton’s Convergence collection, arriving one year after the line debuted at LVMH Watch Week 2025. As with earlier versions, the watch is entirely produced and finished in Geneva at La Fabrique du Temps Louis Vuitton, continuing the House’s exploration of unconventional time displays.
Instead of hands, time is shown through rotating hour and minute disks, revealed via an arched guichet at 12 o’clock and anchored by a sculpted lozenge. The shape of the opening draws inspiration from architectural details found in the Louis Vuitton family home in Asnières. Powering the display is the in-house Caliber LFT MA01.01, Louis Vuitton’s first self-winding movement developed entirely at La Fabrique du Temps. It runs at 4Hz, offers a 45-hour power reserve, and uses an 18k rose gold rotor.
This Guilloché edition features extensive hand-turned decoration applied directly to the 37mm rose gold case. Concentric wave patterns surround the perimeter, while radiating lines extend outward from the time display at the center. Both patterns are cut by hand using restored antique lathes, with roughly sixteen hours of engraving required for each case. Because the 8mm-thick case is subtly domed, the engraving must be cut deeper than traditional dial guillochage to retain definition after final polishing.
Paired with a blue calfskin strap and produced in limited numbers (no firm total has been disclosed), the 2026 Louis Vuitton watch, Tambour Convergence Guilloché is priced at $58,500.
Tambour Convergence Guilloché Watch Specs
| Model | Tambour Convergence Guilloché |
| Reference | W9PG21 |
| Case | 18k rose gold Mirror-polished and hand-guilloché case 37mm diameter 8mm thickness Water resistance 30m |
| Dial / Display | Dragging hours and minutes disks |
| Movement | Caliber LFT MA01.01 Automatic winding 28,800 vph (4Hz) 45-hour power reserve |
| Functions | Dragging hours, dragging minutes |
| Strap | Blue calf leather strap with black calf leather lining 18k rose gold pin buckle |
| Limited Edition | Yes, no quantity specified |
| 2026 Retail Price (MSRP) | $58,500 |
Escale Complications
Release Date: January 2026
Originally introduced in 2014, the Escale collection has always been Louis Vuitton’s most literal expression of travel in watch form. Named after the French word for “stopover,” Escale pulls design cues from the House’s historic trunks (most visibly through its distinctive lugs) while using complications that speak directly to life on the move.
Supported by multiple new in-house calibers made at La Fabrique du Temps Louis Vuitton, the 2026 Louis Vuitton Escale collection welcomes new worldtime, dual-time, and chiming complications to its lineup.
Escale Worldtime
First introduced in 2014, the Escale Worldtime remains Louis Vuitton’s signature travel complication, capable of displaying all 24 time zones simultaneously. For this latest generation, the Worldtime is elevated both mechanically and materially, including its first appearance in platinum.
Two versions are introduced, both sporting 40mm platinum cases, subtly marked by a saffron-colored sapphire set into the caseback — a quiet signature Louis Vuitton reserves for the metal. Both versions feature open casebacks, revealing the movement and an 18k gold oscillating weight.
The standard Escale Worldtime, which retails for $94,500, features a hand-painted worldtime ring composed of 24 flags, each representing a major city. Executed at La Fabrique des Arts, every flag is painted by a single artisan using up to 35 individual colors, with drying time required between layers. The grained blue center dial subtly references the texture of Louis Vuitton’s historic Monogram canvas, while offering improved legibility over earlier executions.
Powering the 2026 Louis Vuitton watch, Escale Worldtime is the new in-house caliber LFT VO12.01, developed and manufactured entirely at La Fabrique du Temps Louis Vuitton. The self-winding movement allows the reference city and local time to be adjusted directly via the crown, making the complication far more intuitive than traditional worldtimers. A jumping hour display further improves readability when traveling across time zones.
Alongside it sits the $239,000 Escale Worldtime Tourbillon, which retains the same dial layout but replaces the painted flags with grand feu enamel. The addition of a central flying tourbillon transforms the watch visually and mechanically, introducing motion at the center of the dial without disrupting the worldtime display. This version is powered by the caliber LFT VO05.01, a self-winding movement that integrates both complications within a single architecture.
Escale Worldtime Watch Specs
| Model | Escale Worldtime | Escale Worldtime Tourbillon |
| Reference | W3PTA1 | W3PT41 |
| Case | Platinum 40mm diameter 10.3mm thickness Open caseback set with one saffron sapphire Water resistance 50m | Platinum 40mm diameter 12.8mm thickness Open caseback set with one saffron sapphire Water resistance 50m |
| Dial | Handcrafted dial with miniature painting technique using 35 colors | Handcrafted Grand Feu enamel dial using 25 colors |
| Movement | Caliber LFT VO12.01 Automatic winding 28,800 vph (4Hz) 62-hour power reserve 288 components | Caliber LFT VO05.01 Automatic winding 28,800 vph (4Hz) 62-hour power reserve 337 components |
| Functions | Worldtime Day/night indication for 24 time zones Jumping hours and minutes | Worldtime Day/night indication for 24 time zones Central flying tourbillon Jumping hours and minutes |
| Strap | Blue calf leather strap Platinum pin buckle | Blue calf leather strap Platinum folding buckle |
| 2026 Retail Price (MSRP) | $94,500 | $239,000 |
Escale Twin Zone
The Escale Twin Zone introduces Louis Vuitton’s take on a true traveler’s complication, designed to handle not just standard time zones but also the half-hour and quarter-hour offsets that most GMT watches ignore. Rather than adding a single extra hour hand, the Twin Zone uses two complete sets of hands mounted on a single axis, allowing both hours and minutes to be adjusted independently between local and home time.
Local time is indicated by the solid hands, while skeletonized hands track home time. When not traveling, the skeleton hands can be hidden entirely, leaving the watch to read like a clean time-only piece, with just a discreet day/night indicator at 12 o’clock hinting at its dual-time capability. All adjustments are made through the crown.
Powering the Twin Zone is the new in-house caliber LFT VO15.01, and like the others it’s developed at La Fabrique du Temps Louis Vuitton. The self-winding movement beats at 4Hz and delivers a 68-hour power reserve, while its architecture allows precise minute-level adjustment across any two global time zones — including regions with non-standard offsets.
Two versions of the 2026 Louis Vuitton Escale Twin Zone are offered, both with 41mm cases that are 12.52mm thick. The rose gold model, priced at $57,500, pairs a silvery sunburst dial engraved with meridians and parallels with gold hands and indexes, subtly emphasizing the Escale’s travel theme. A more elaborate bejeweled platinum version — priced at $229,000 — combines an aventurine dial with extensive baguette-cut diamond setting across the flange, bezel, case, and buckle. As with other platinum Escale models, a saffron-colored sapphire set into the caseback signals the precious metal.
2026 Louis Vuitton Twin Zone Watch Specs
| Model | Escale Twin Zone | Escale Twin Zone |
| Reference | W3PT61 | W3PG71 |
| Case | 18k rose gold 41mm diameter 12.52mm thickness Water resistance 50m | Platinum case with bezel and case sides set with 170 baguette-cut diamonds (7.15 cts) 41mm diameter 12.52mm thickness Crown set with one rose-cut diamond (0.15 ct) Water resistance 50m |
| Dial | Silvery sunburst satin-finished center with engraved meridians and parallels Opaline flange Opaline and blue-lacquered day/night indicator at 12 o’clock | Aventurine center dial with engraved meridians and parallels Flange set with 120 baguette-cut diamonds (2.15 cts) Opaline and blue-lacquered day/night indicator at 12 o’clock |
| Movement | Caliber LFT VO15.01 Automatic winding 28,800 vph (4Hz) 68-hour power reserve | Caliber LFT VO15.01 Automatic winding 28,800 vph (4Hz) 68-hour power reserve |
| Functions | Dual time (hours and minutes) Day/night indicator | Dual time (hours and minutes) Day/night indicator |
| Strap | Arroyo grey saffiano calf leather strap 18k rose gold pin buckle | Blue calf leather strap Platinum folding buckle set with 11 baguette-cut diamonds (0.58 ct) |
| 2026 Retail Price (MSRP) | $57,500 | $229,000 |
Escale Minute Repeater
The Escale Minute Repeater adds a more traditional high-complication layer to the collection, pairing a classic chiming mechanism with Louis Vuitton’s contemporary Escale design language. Housed in a 40mm rose gold case, the watch uses a jumping hour display paired with a retrograde minute hand, a layout that keeps the dial legible despite the complexity underneath.
The dial itself is hand-guilloché, executed on a traditional rose engine with a radiating pattern that draws the eye toward the center. Subtle trunk-inspired details (such as stud-like markers along the minute track) reference Louis Vuitton’s travel heritage.
Inside is the manually wound caliber LFT SO13.01, developed at La Fabrique du Temps Louis Vuitton by Michel Navas and Enrico Barbasini. The challenging combination of pairing a minute repeater with a jumping hour mechanism requires careful synchronization between the striking and timekeeping systems. The repeater is activated via a slide discreetly integrated into the case lugs, preserving the clean case profile.
Each movement, which offers 80 hours of power reserve, is assembled, finished, and acoustically tuned by hand, with black-polished hammers, hand-shaped gongs, and traditional high horology finishing throughout.
While not tied to a fixed production number, the 2026 Louis Vuitton Escale Minute Repeater will be limited in output and priced at $350,000.
2026 Louis Vuitton Escale Repetition Minutes Watch Specs
| Model | Escale Repetition Minutes |
| Reference | W3PGA0 |
| Case | 18K rose gold; 40mm diameter 12.3mm thickness Water resistance 50m |
| Dial | Hand-guilloché dial with 18K rose gold minute hand and indexes |
| Movement | Caliber LFT SO13.01 Manual-winding 21,600 vph (3Hz) 80-hour power reserve |
| Functions | Minute repeater Jumping hours Retrograde minutes |
| Strap | Beige calf leather strap 18k rose gold folding buckle |
| 2026 Retail Price (MSRP) | $350,000 |
Escale Tiger’s Eye
Release Date: January 2026
Following last year’s platinum Escale models in turquoise and malachite, the 2026 Louis Vuitton watch catalog continues its exploration of ornamental stone cases with the new limited edition Escale Tiger’s Eye. Not only does this version introduce tiger’s eye to the collection but it also marks the first time yellow gold has been used on an Escale case.
The 40mm case keeps the Escale’s trunk-inspired architecture but replaces the metal middle case with a single monolithic ring of tiger’s eye. The dial is cut from the same stone, while yellow gold is used for the bezel, lugs, crown, and caseback.
Tiger’s eye is known for its fibrous structure and chatoyant surface, which shifts as light moves across it. That same internal structure also makes the material difficult to machine. Each case ring is milled and polished at La Fabrique des Boîtiers, with careful attention paid to the direction of the stone’s grain to avoid weak points. Dials and case rings are then paired by eye, ensuring tonal balance and consistent movement in the stone’s natural pattern. As expected, no two watches are identical.
Powering the Escale Tiger’s Eye is the automatic caliber LFT023, visible through a sapphire caseback. The movement uses a 22k rose gold micro-rotor, beats at 4Hz, and delivers a 50-hour power reserve. It’s also certified by the Geneva Chronometric Observatory. The watch is finished with a Savannah brown saffiano leather strap that complements the stone’s earthy tones. Limited to 30 pieces, the 2026 Louis Vuitton Escale Tiger’s Eye is priced at $54,500.
2026 Louis Vuitton Escale Tiger’s Eye Watch Specs
| Model | Escale – Yellow Gold & Tiger’s Eye |
| Reference | W3YG21 |
| Case | Yellow gold with tiger’s eye middle case 40mm diameter 8.97mm thickness without crystal (10.34mm with domed crystal) Water resistance 30m |
| Dial | Tiger’s eye dial with golden satin-finished tilted flange |
| Movement | Caliber LFT023 Automatic winding 28,800 vph 50-hour power reserve Certified chronometer by the Geneva Chronometric Observatory |
| Functions | Hours, minutes, seconds |
| Strap | Savannah brown saffiano calf leather strap with black calf leather lining 18K yellow gold pin buckle |
| Limited Edition | 30 pieces |
| 2026 Retail Price (MSRP) | $54,500 |
More Louis Vuitton Watches to Come in 2026
La Fabriques du Temps announced via their Instagram account that “an exclusive collaboration project with De Bethune co-founder and Master Watchmaker Denis Flageollet” is coming on February 2, 2026. What’s clear from these early 2026 Louis Vuitton watch releases is just how far the brand has pushed beyond being “interesting for a fashion house.” Between the sculptural Tambour Convergence, the increasingly serious Escale complications, and design-driven pieces like the Escale Tiger’s Eye, Louis Vuitton is no doubt treating watchmaking as a long-term discipline and not just a side project. The emphasis on in-house movements, thoughtful complications, and demanding decorative techniques speaks to the brand’s commitment.
And it’s still early in the year. If the past few seasons are any indication, this won’t be the full picture of the 2026 Louis Vuitton watches. As additional models are unveiled, this article will be updated accordingly. Bookmark this page or stay tuned to Grey Market Magazine as the year unfolds.
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