Time and tide wait for none. It is true in the case of Louis Moinet Vertalis Tourbillon. With a limited edition of just 12 pieces, time is surely running out of our hands. One very fantastic feature of this timepiece is the spectacular visibility of the winding mechanism through the case-back.

Its case is composed of 50 different parts. It highlights the amalgamation of rose and white gold, with the dial featuring “Côtes du Jura” finishing against a black background enhanced with rose gold hour-markers. For the insatiable souls, this is a watch like no other with the hand-wound movement studded with 19 jewels and power reserve of 72 hours.

People didn't even have the chance to lay their eyes on it, that experts have already declared it one of the world's finest tourbillons. This model features an innovative aesthetic concept distinguished by a modern and original blend of technology and design. What's special about it is that it intensifies the magic of the tourbillon by connecting its carriage to the barrel by means of a hand-drawn and beveled vertical bar.

To add to the fascinating vision of the tourbillon carriage in motion, Vertalis offers an open worked version of the barrel. The latter’s cover performs an average rotation in 6 hours and enables one to keep visual check on the power reserve according to the state of wind of the barrel spring.

Vertalis' tourbillon movement is hand-wound and beats at a cadence of 21,600 vibrations per hour. One particularly striking technical characteristic is the spectacular visibility of the winding mechanism through the case-back. The “octopus” spring plays three roles by acting as pull-out piece spring, lever spring and click spring.

The 18kt gold case measures 47mm and it is water resistant to 30 meters. Louis Moinet Vertalis Tourbillon costs about $200k which may be steep but keep in mind only 12 lucky people in the world get to sport these. It is surely worth the price.