Best known as the oldest surviving watchmaker in the world, Blancpain’s legacy as one of the finest in their industry is certainly without question. Having been revived in the 1980s following a decade-long dormancy, Blancpain has grown in stature as one of the most respected watchmakers in the world. With an undeterred focus on mechanical movements, Blancpain’s timepieces represent the purest form of horology possible, a tenet of Blancpain that continues to feature in their timepieces to this day, much like in this Leman Eight-Day Tourbillon. Launched in 2002, the Leman collection merged a casual sense of style with Blancpain’s reserved aesthetic and classical inspiration. Combining a more traditional sense of watchmaking with a casual style, the Leman Tourbillon wears like a sports watch with its 38mm stainless steel case being worn on a bracelet, but its black dial and exhibition caseback go on to show that this watch is not an ordinary sports watch with a tourbillon window at 12 o’clock, a retrograde 8-day power reserve indicator at 6 o’clock and a pointer date subdial at 9 o’clock that all combine to provide quite an impressive look into Blancpain’s plaudits as a modern watchmaker.

Aesthetically casual yet technically astounding, the Leman Eight-Day Tourbillon far exceeds the level of watchmaking one would expect to find in a sports watch, which is what makes Blancpain so special.