Gorilla watches launches a Swiss watch with a Swiss movement by Vaucher ...Fastback Drift Limited Edition & shortlisted for GPHG 2018 Challenge Category

Jul 13, 2018,12:05 PM
 

Gorilla is a watch brand based in Cressier in the canton of Neuchatel Switzerland. Founded in 2016 by former Audemars Piguet Chief Artistic Officer, Octavio Garcia, and former Audemars Piguet Senior Designer Lukas Gopp. Informed by 30 years of combined experience Gorilla is driven by a deeply rooted passion for horology and the relentless pursuit of delivering elegantly rambunctious, soulful horologic experiences. The Fastback DRIFT wandering hours was born of team collaboration with worldleading Swiss movement manufacturer, Vaucher Manufacture Fleurier. Together Gorilla and Vaucher rose to the challenge of designing, engineering and manufacturing a new class of complication bearing the technical and emotional attributes reserved to high watchmaking.
The Drift proprietary Gorilla 5238 wandering hours caliber is a contemporary reinterpretation of a 17th-century horologic mechanism, housed in a uniquely sculpted blend of high-performance materials, purposefully assembled in a sequence and designed to augment the user experience. The Gorilla Fastback Drift is a limited edition intended accessible to a new generation of watch collectors.


CASE
Titanium, Ceramic, Carbon

BRACELET STRAP
Rubber

BUCKLE
Pin buckle

WATERPROOFNESS
100 m

SIZE
44 x 44 mm

THICKNESS
14 mm

MOVEMENT
Self-winding mechanical
Power reserve: 38 h, 28800 variations / hours

FUNCTIONS
Hours, Minutes, Seconds
Complication Heure Vagabond

REFERENCE
FBV1.0

YEAR
2018

COLLECTION
Fastback Drift / Limited Edition to 250 exemplaires

PRICE INCL. VAT
2'970 CHF

















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I’m actually strangely interested in this.

 
 By: NoH : July 13th, 2018-12:51
Must say I’ve not been a fan of their other models, but the wandering hours in this rugged and sporty suit isn’t bad. All the best, Niall

My enquiry has been sent.

 
 By: NoH : July 13th, 2018-13:10
And I eagerly await an update All the best, Niall

Congrats and Iam anxiously waiting for mine too..

 
 By: Horology75 : July 13th, 2018-13:14
Sending enquiry means soon you’ll be getting one )

If they will be kind enough to give me the option...

 
 By: NoH : July 13th, 2018-13:24
Then I think likely yes Lukas said they’ll update in a couple of weeks. Congratulations on also placing your order! N

:) [nt]

 
 By: NoH : July 13th, 2018-13:43

Me too . . .

 
 By: M4 : July 13th, 2018-14:16
. . . though the color combo is not to my taste. M4

Yes !! [nt]

 
 By: Horology75 : September 17th, 2018-06:10

That was my first thought too.

 
 By: M4 : July 13th, 2018-14:17
The AP Starwheel is also appropo for sure. M4

You are right but it is fresh and waaaaayyyyyy too cheaper then the One you are getting ..:))

 
 By: Horology75 : July 19th, 2018-23:00
Looking forward to see pics of your another unusual super acquisition...

Real value proposition!

 
 By: traineract : July 13th, 2018-20:37
Awesome! Can get a starwheel with a great design at that price point! Heavy hitter!

Ceramics, titanium, vaucher..............i have to check the price if it is not a misprint ;-) Apart from personal design taste that is a great watch. It speaks not with a soft tone i

 
 By: Ron_W : July 14th, 2018-01:42
would say. Which is fine for me and a sporty watch. Love dials with a different way of showing time. Good job !

Amazed for sure.

 
 By: NoH : July 14th, 2018-07:18
Seems to be quite a lot of watch for the price. I love the novel telling of time, and the other iterations of this complication are either outside my budget, too small for my taste, or don’t speak to me in a design sense. For me, this works (while I conti... 

The gap is still very large...

 
 By: NoH : July 14th, 2018-10:33
...so a high yield is indeed required! All the best, Niall

Thanks for confirming it. (nt)

 
 By: Ronald Held : July 18th, 2018-12:34
NT

Yes eta base [nt]

 
 By: Horology75 : September 17th, 2018-06:11

Hello Everyone I'm interested in this watch how do I sign up?

 
 By: socabaptist : August 5th, 2018-08:49
I reached out to Gorilla watches and they said the best way to know about this project is to wait for their news letter. I don't want to get my pennies together and miss it. Is there someone I can reach out to? Is there a link I missed? I saw some people ... 

Greetings !

 
 By: Horology75 : August 5th, 2018-14:52
The watch has not been officially launched and as per gorilla watches the Drift will be launched in August and online deposits and orders process will take place after that with estimated delivery in October end . As soon as they will go live for orders o... 

Thanks! [nt]

 
 By: socabaptist : August 5th, 2018-19:39

No...

 
 By: mdg : September 16th, 2018-19:50
...just because you can doesn’t mean you should : )