Louis Moinet is an independent watch brand located in Saint-Blaise, Switzerland, specialising in the creation of high-end timepieces, often featuring exotic materials and innovative technology, underpinned by the philosophy of limited-edition mechanical art. Under the guidance of founder, CEO and creative director Jean-Marie Schaller, the brand harnesses the passion and inventiveness of master watchmaker Louis Moinet, one of the greatest horologists of all time. Click on the panels below to discover the Louis Moinet brand today, its time-honoured watchmaking techniques and its technological innovations, as well as finding out about the life of the great master watchmaker Louis Moinet.
Metropolis Rose Gold
The Metropolis features three different sets of openwork – on the hour markers, on the
dial, and on the lugs and vertical bridges – giving the timepiece a uniquely three-dimensional aspect.
Technical Specifications
Features and indications
Hours and Minutes
Seconds (at 9 o’clock)
Dial and hands
Hour & Minute “Goutte de Rosée”® dew-drop hands
3-level dial with applied open-work hour-markers
Small seconds lacquered subdial with “Goutte de Rosée” ® hand at 9 o’clock
Movement and finishing
LM45 caliber, designed and manufactured by Louis Moinet
Winding: Automatic
Oscillations: 28,800 vibrations per hour
Frequency: 4Hz
Lines: 13 ¼
Power reserve: 48 hours
Jewels: 22
Diameter: 30.40 mm
Height: 6.70 mm
Decoration: Côtes de Genève, diamond-polished facets, circular-grained wheels. Louis
Moinet symbols engravings
Case and strap
Case: Original Louis Moinet®, composed of 55 pieces, design with two-part bezel and 6 screws
Material: 316L Stainless Steel or 18K rose gold
Diameter: 43.20 mm
Thickness: 14.80 mm
Water resistance: 50 meters
Lugs: Openwork, set with black zircon jewel
Crystals: Sapphire crystals with non-reflective coating on both faces
Distance between lugs: 22 mm
Strap: Hand-sewn Louisiana alligator leather with alligator lining
Buckle: Folding clasp with “Fleur-de-lis” motif
Metropolis Magic Blue
The Metropolis features three different sets of openwork – on the hour markers, on the
dial, and on the lugs and vertical bridges – giving the timepiece a uniquely three-dimensional aspect.
Technical Specifications
Features and indications
Hours and Minutes
Seconds (at 9 o’clock)
Dial and hands
Hour & Minute “Goutte de Rosée”® dew-drop hands
3-level dial with applied open-work hour-markers
Small seconds lacquered subdial with “Goutte de Rosée” ® hand at 9 o’clock
Movement and finishing
LM45 caliber, designed and manufactured by Louis Moinet
Winding: Automatic
Oscillations: 28,800 vibrations per hour
Frequency: 4Hz
Lines: 13 ¼
Power reserve: 48 hours
Jewels: 22
Diameter: 30.40 mm
Height: 6.70 mm
Decoration: Côtes de Genève, diamond-polished facets, circular-grained wheels. Louis
Moinet symbols engravings
Case and strap
Case: Original Louis Moinet®, composed of 55 pieces, design with two-part bezel and 6 screws
Material: 316L Stainless Steel or 18K rose gold
Diameter: 43.20 mm
Thickness: 14.80 mm
Water resistance: 50 meters
Lugs: Openwork, set with black zircon jewel
Crystals: Sapphire crystals with non-reflective coating on both faces
Distance between lugs: 22 mm
Strap: Hand-sewn Louisiana alligator leather with alligator lining
Buckle: Folding clasp with “Fleur-de-lis” motif
Geograph-Rainforest LM-24.30.56
Louis Moinet has created another pioneering timepiece with this two-pusher automatic chronograph with second time zone featuring genuine fossilised palm wood.
Forming two beautiful chronograph counter dials, the fossilised palm wood has its origins in an emblematic tree from the tropical forests of Southeast Asia, believed to be 70 million years old.
Technical Specifications
Geograph Rainforest is a two-pusher automatic chronograph with second time zone featuring genuine fossilised palm wood from the tropical forests of Southeast Asia, believed to be 70 million years old. It is available in a limited edition of 120 pieces.
Features and Indications
Hours, minutes and small seconds
Chronograph: Central seconds; 30-minute and 12-hour counters
Both chronograph counters made from genuine fossilised palm wood from the tropical forests of Southeast Asia, believed to be 70 million years old
Second time zone
Dial and Hands
Central golden Gouttes de Rosée hour and minute hands
Golden sun-shaped small seconds at 9 o’clock
Central serpentine second time zone hand in blued steel
Chronograph features central seconds hand and a 30-minute sub-dial counter at 12 o’clock and a 12-hour sub-dial counter at 6 o’clock both made from genuine fossilised palm wood, all hands blued steel
Côte du Jura guilloche
Movement and Finishing
Exclusive automatic movement
Oscillations: 28,800 vph
Frequency: 4 Hz
Lines: 13 ¼
Louis Moinet design rotor
Power reserve: 48 hours
Jewels: 25
Balance: Glucydur
Case and Strap
Case: Original Louis Moinet design featuring six-screw bezel
Materials: 316L stainless steel case with polished and matt finishing & 18k rose gold bezel, crown and chronograph pushers
Diameter: 46.50 mm
Height: 17.07 mm
Water resistance: 50m
Case-back: Equipped with 7 screws and engraved with individual number and Louis Moinet symbols Display-back engravings inspired by the tropical rainforest
Crystals: Two sapphire crystals with anti-reflective treatment on both sides
Crown guard: Patent pending Chronograph ‘champagne cork’ pushers with ‘atlas’ engraving
Strap: Hand-sewn Louisiana alligator leather with alligator leather lining with 24mm-width between lugs
Buckle: Double folding clasp in 316L stainless steel
Second Tempograph LM-39.20.50
Technical, architectural, fun, and above all unprecedented: the 20 Second Tempograph breaks down the barriers between traditional and contemporary watchmaking, and offers a vibrant tribute to the genius of Louis Moinet.
Technical Specifications
Features and indications
Hours & Minutes
20-second retrograde mechanism
Dial and hands
“Gouttes de Rosée”® (dewdrop) hands, blued steel
Movement and finishing
Mechanical self-winding
Calibre LM39 developed and manufacture-made by Louis Moinet and Concepto
Winding: Self-winding
Oscillations: 28,800 vph (8 V/S, 8 vibrations per second)
Frequency: 4 Hz
Lines: 14 ½
Power reserve: 48 hours at maximum wind
Jewels: 36
Decoration: Circular Côtes de Genève pattern, jewels with diamond-cut chamfers, and circular satin-finish gears with 5N gold-toned finish
Case and strap
Case: Original Louis Moinet® design featuring six-screw bezel
Materials: Grade 5 titanium with polished and matt finishing
18K rose gold
Diameter: 43.50 mm (titanium) ; 44 mm (18K gold)
Thickness: 15.60 mm (titanium) ; 16.10 mm (18K gold)
Water resistance: 50 metres
Case-back: Equipped with 7 screws, engraved with individual number and Louis Moinet symbols
Crystals: Two sapphire crystals with anti-glare treatment on both sides
Crown guard: Patent pending
Width between lugs: 24mm
Strap: Hand-sewn Louisiana alligator leather with alligator leather lining
Buckle: Double folding clasp in 316L stainless steel
Pin buckle in 18K gold
Skydance Magic Red
“Our style has matured a lot over the last ten years, as have our decorative
techniques,” explains Jean-Marie Schaller, Louis Moinet’s CEO and Creative Director.
“It was high time we extended our tradition of exclusive limited editions to encompass
a completely different, contemporary piece.”
Technical specifications
Features and functions
Hours, minutes and small seconds (at 6 o’clock)
Movement and finishing
Automatic movement
LM58 caliber, designed and manufactured by Louis Moinet
Winding: Automatic
Oscillations: 28,800 vibrations per hour
Frequency: 4Hz
Lines: 11 ½
Power reserve: 42 hours
Jewels: 28
Diameter: 26 mm
Height: 5.25 mm
Decoration: Louis Moinet symbols engravings.
Dial and hands
Hours, minutes and small seconds (at 6 o’clock) display features a sun with the rays pointing to the second.
Case and strap
Case: Original Louis Moinet®, composed of 54 pieces, design with two-part bezel and 6 diamonds
Material: Titanium & 316L Stainless Steel
Diameter: 36 mm
Thickness: 12.10 mm
Water resistance: 50 meters
Lugs: Ceramic holding strap
Crystals: Sapphire crystals with non-reflective coating on both faces
Distance between lugs: 18 mm
Strap: Hand-sewn Louisiana alligator leather with alligator lining
Buckle: Folding clasp.
Skydance Magic Green
“Our style has matured a lot over the last ten years, as have our decorative
techniques,” explains Jean-Marie Schaller, Louis Moinet’s CEO and Creative Director.
“It was high time we extended our tradition of exclusive limited editions to encompass
a completely different, contemporary piece.”
Technical specifications
Features and functions
Hours, minutes and small seconds (at 6 o’clock)
Movement and finishing
Automatic movement
LM58 caliber, designed and manufactured by Louis Moinet
Winding: Automatic
Oscillations: 28,800 vibrations per hour
Frequency: 4Hz
Lines: 11 ½
Power reserve: 42 hours
Jewels: 28
Diameter: 26 mm
Height: 5.25 mm
Decoration: Louis Moinet symbols engravings.
Dial and hands
Hours, minutes and small seconds (at 6 o’clock) display features a sun with the rays pointing to the second.
Case and strap
Case: Original Louis Moinet®, composed of 54 pieces, design with two-part bezel and 6 diamonds
Material: Titanium & 316L Stainless Steel
Diameter: 36 mm
Thickness: 12.10 mm
Water resistance: 50 meters
Lugs: Ceramic holding strap
Crystals: Sapphire crystals with non-reflective coating on both faces
Distance between lugs: 18 mm
Strap: Hand-sewn Louisiana alligator leather with alligator lining
Buckle: Folding clasp.
Metropolis LM-45_10_50_Front _WB
The Metropolis features three different sets of openwork – on the hour markers, on the
dial, and on the lugs and vertical bridges – giving the timepiece a uniquely three-dimensional aspect.
Technical Specifications
Features and indications
Hours and Minutes
Seconds (at 9 o’clock)
Dial and hands
Hour & Minute “Goutte de Rosée”® dew-drop hands
3-level dial with applied open-work hour-markers
Small seconds lacquered subdial with “Goutte de Rosée” ® hand at 9 o’clock
Movement and finishing
LM45 caliber, designed and manufactured by Louis Moinet
Winding: Automatic
Oscillations: 28,800 vibrations per hour
Frequency: 4Hz
Lines: 13 ¼
Power reserve: 48 hours
Jewels: 22
Diameter: 30.40 mm
Height: 6.70 mm
Decoration: Côtes de Genève, diamond-polished facets, circular-grained wheels. Louis Moinet symbols engravings
Case and strap
Case: Original Louis Moinet®, composed of 55 pieces, design with two-part bezel and 6 screws
Material: 316L Stainless Steel or 18K rose gold
Diameter: 43.20 mm
Thickness: 14.80 mm
Water resistance: 50 meters
Lugs: Openwork, set with black zircon jewel
Crystals: Sapphire crystals with non-reflective coating on both faces
Distance between lugs: 22 mm
Strap: Hand-sewn Louisiana alligator leather with alligator lining
Buckle: Folding clasp with “Fleur-de-lis” motif
Jules Verne Instrument 2022053_xxl
Jules Verne Instrument III is an original and decidedly technological chronograph inspired by Captain Nemo, the protagonist of Verne’s 1869 novel Twenty thousand leagues under the sea in which Nemo chooses voluntary exile from human society to sail the oceans aboard his Nautilus submarine.
Louis Moinet has created Jules Verne Instrument III especially for the Captain, a high-precision instrument and loyal companion to accompany him alongside his various locomotive devices in his many confrontations with worlds known and unknown.
Technical specifications
Jules Verne Instrument III is a monopusher chronograph inspired by Captain Nemo, the protagonist in the eponymous author’s acclaimed novel Twenty thousand leagues under the sea. Jules Verne Instrument III is available in two limited editions of 365 pieces each: 18k rose gold and grade 5 titanium; and grade 5 titanium and 316L stainless steel.
Features and Indications
Monopusher chronograph
Start-Stop-Reset function indicator
Function indicator inspired by Chadburn telegraph transmitter
Central 60-second chronograph seconds
30-minute chronograph counter at 3 o’clock
Central hours and minutes
Small seconds at 9 o’clock
Date window at 7 o’clock
Dial and Hands
Côtes du Jura guilloche
Milled appliques with hex screws
Blue and white Super-LumiNova
Movement and Finishing
Exclusive, mechanical self-winding Louis Moinet caliber, LM30
Oscillations: 28,800 vph
Frequency: 4Hz
Lines: 13 ¼
Power reserve: 48 hours
Jewels: 27
Open-worked rotor mounted on ceramic ball bearings
Case and Strap
Case: Original Louis Moinet design, bezel secured with 6 hex screws
Crafted in either 18k rose gold and grade 5 titanium or grade 5 titanium & 316L stainless steel
Diameter: 46.50mm
Height: 16.65mm
The Louis Moinet crown guard
Water resistance: 100m
Crystals: Two sapphire crystals with anti-reflective treatment
Case-back secured with 7 screws and engraved with individual number and Louis Moinet markings
Width between lugs: 24mm
Strap: Natural black rubber
Buckle: Double folding clasp in 316L stainless steel