Once it became essential for watch brands to demonstrate their status by introducing at least one tourbillon, the race to create the most unusual tourbillon ensued. Double, triple, inclined, blackened, skeletonized and gem-set tourbillons soon emerged, usually in enormous cases. But few brands concentrated on creating a tourbillon for ladies. De Grisogono is one of a handful that went against the grain to design a tourbillon with the sort of flair that is called for in a ladies’ watch. Company head Fawaz Gruosi applied his signature highly decorative aesthetic to the tourbillon, using large white or colored diamonds paired with a galuchat strap of the same color. It contains a serious movement, a manual wound tourbillon made by Concepto, with an off-center tourbillon, positioned at 8 o’clock. There are three versions: one in white gold with 33 white diamonds totaling just under 8 carats and a white galuchat strap; a PVD brown version with 7.83 carats of brown diamonds, a bezel set with white diamonds and a brown galuchat strap; and another with 4.44 carats of black diamonds on the case and 3.52 white diamonds on the bezel, and black galuchat strap. In a final flourish, the buckles are also set with diamonds. The Tondo Tourbillon is a beautiful way for women to demonstrate their appreciation for high watchmaking.
Once it became essential for watch brands to demonstrate their status by introducing at least one tourbillon, the race to create the most unusual tourbillon ensued.
