Louis Erard’s Time Eater returns with a tourbillon for a tongue

The Time Eater Tourbillon takes Louis Erard and Konstantin Chaykin's watch-faced monster into more complex mechanical territory. A large rotating hour eye, jagged red tourbillon surround and tongue-like seconds detail give the dial a theatrical expression. Green, silver and anthracite elements create a deliberately unsettling personality: watchmaking as a small piece of animated art.

The polished steel case measures 42 mm, with sapphire crystal, a display back and 50-metre water resistance. The BCP T02 is a hand-wound tourbillon regulator offering approximately 100 hours of reserve. A black toad-leather strap with green stitching and green rabbit-leather lining continues the creature-like treatment beyond the case.

Production is limited to 78 pieces, and the maker lists CHF 19,900 excluding tax. This is not a conventional tourbillon intended to disappear into elegant symmetry. Its exposed complication is the visual joke—and a reminder that independent collaborations can make advanced mechanics playful without diminishing their technical interest.