EXCLUSIVE: LVMH Picks Up Clockmaker L’Épée 1839

“L’Épée 1839 is at once a beautiful brand with a history that dates back to 1839, internationally recognized and by an audience of watchmaking enthusiasts, but most of all, it has a unique know-how,” the executive told WWD. “It is the only one to do what its teams do in the industry and has regrouped under one roof an impressive diversity of crafts.

Among its recent pieces are a paint-splattered hand grenade and futuristic glass tube-shaped Time Machine under its own name; the duck egg blue Tiffany & Co. Taxi released to mark the reopening of the jeweler’s Landmark flagship on New York City’s Fifth Avenue, and Louis Vuitton’s Montgolfière Aero. Brands under the group’s umbrella have also been acquiring their own specialized suppliers. Louis Vuitton acquired in 2011 movement manufacturer La Fabrique du Temps, which bolstered its skills with an additional three prototyping and métiers d’art suppliers in 2023. Hublot, acquired in 2008, snapped up another movements supplier called BNB.

On the occasion of the 1981 wedding of then-Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer, 100 digitaries were presented with L’Épée clocks.The clockmaker’s factory currently counts more than 80 designers, engineers, watchmakers, mechanics and other employees, under the direction of CEO and creative director Arnaud Nicolas. They are expected to stay on under LVMH’s ownership.

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