Yearn for a JLC Gyro Tourbillon? Get these Encelade 1789 Gyro cufflinks first

Gyro Tourbillon Desires - Jaeger LeCoultre 2 — This new Master Grande Tradition Gyrotourbillon 3 delivers an aesthetic inspired by the pocket-watches of the 19th century. It’s the third of the series but the first to be equipped with a Flying Gyrotourbillon, seeming to float in a vacuum in a state of total weightlessness. Fitted with a new spherical balance-spring, it is also equipped with a chronograph with an instantaneous digital display activated by a monopusher. This timepiece with exceptional finishes reflects the Manufacture’s spirit of inventiveness and leadership in the field of Grand Complications.

The Master Grande Tradition Gyrotourbillon 3 is the first time Jaeger-LeCoultre introduces a flying tourbillon watch exposing the shimmering aluminium cages, blued spherical balance spring and 14 carat gold balance wheel with the visible absence of the upper bridge. It’s a lustworthy grail and with a limited edition of 75 pieces, it’s either cost prohibitive or agonising from the perspective of being in line on the wait list. Enter Encelade 1789.

A Swiss based luxury firm producing extra ordinary mechanical cufflinks in the same highly engineered vein as Roland Iten for cuffs rather than for belt loops, they recently announced a partnership with W MOTORS. The union will produce limited edition cufflinks collection specially dedicated to super car fans.

Exuding luxury from creatively technical accessories rather than through use of precious metals alone, the family-run Encelade 1789 makes a collection of both high end cufflinks and pens which reflects the burgeoning market for highly mechanical artforms. Named for Enceladus, a moon orbiting Saturn, the namesake company reflects the physical orbit of the extraterrestrial bodies through its accessories – in this instance, the cufflinks rotate 360° much like the planet does.

W Motors Lykan Hyper Car with a top speed of 345 kmh — W Motors Lykan Hyper Car with a top speed of 395 kmh

Its partnership with W Motors reflects a similar synnergy through the use of innovative ball bearings which mimic the top speeds of W Motor’s Lykan model (395 km), the designer cufflinks are thus capable of hitting up to 150,000 rpm thanks to high precision engineering.

Mesmerising is not a descriptive nor hyperbolic term used lightly because the luxury cufflinks replicate a hypnotic effect through its rotating rings and central wheel thanks to its 12 internal ball bearings. Beauty of each item is enhanced with techniques analogous to horology like bevelling and satin-polishing. Ingeniously, Encelade 1789 also approached the varying thickness of open, french and doctor’s cuffs with a patented “clip” accessory which acts to hold cufflinks firm against the shirt thus ensuring the links hold steady during the rigours of daily living. Each and every W Motors/Encelade-1789 limited-edition piece comes with a pair of 316L steel CLIPs.