Greubel Forsey Art Piece Edition Historique: A Brand Aesthetic Retrospective In One Wristwatch

The latest awesome example of this is Greubel Forsey with its Art Piece Edition Historique, a true coalescence of a decade and a half of horological exploration into something stunningly simple and complicated all at once The Art Piece Edition Historique takes some of the best details from the past 15 years of Greubel Forsey and skillfully combines them into a timepiece that has a goal of displaying ideas and history more than the time The back of the Art Piece Edition Historique continues this misdirection with absolutely no exposed mechanism aside from the rear of the double tourbillon 30°.

These were doubled down on with the Invention Piece 1 released in 2007, the Invention Piece 3 released in 2009, and the Invention Piece 2 released in 2011 The result is this Art Piece Edition Historique, technically the final planned Art Piece and a culmination of the concept and of the brand's design details thus far Art Piece Edition Historique encapsulates nearly everything that has made Greubel Foresy distinctive, with only a few details, like bulbous subdials overlapping the bezel, missing the cut.

As the Art Piece Edition Historique is somewhat of a retrospective on design and mechanics at Greubel Forsey, its release could mark a turning point for the brand, after which it may seek to try new ideas after wrapping up a bunch of original pathways. . Source