"If you want to build the future you must have a very good understanding of the past".

Wise words from HORAGE engineer Florian Serex and precisely the approach needed to tackle the herculean task of creating a micro-rotor tourbillon timepiece. 

The continual requests from our community to marry our most sought-after calibres the K2 micro-rotor and K-TOU tourbillon did not go unnoticed.

With a deep understanding of our proprietary movements, we were able to quickly progress the project of creating our fourth movement: the K-TMR calibre.

Movement development is typically a multi-year undertaking.

Thankfully, our engineers and watchmakers have developed a range of components that help speed up this process. The K-TMR utilises our existing catalogue of core components with a number of new parts and a completely new architecture.

The journey towards the Autark Tourbillon started at the heart of the watch. The K-TMR movement was engineered, developed, tested and delivered within just 18 months. 

Through advanced gear train geometries, a full non-magnetic silicon escapement and optimized micro-rotor weight, the K-TMR is not only the newest proprietary Swiss micro-rotor tourbillon but one of, if not the most efficient micro-rotor tourbillon calibres available today.

To build the future you need to go above and beyond what is ‘normal’ today. Through advanced engineering, HORAGE has once again raised the industry bar and has placed the K-TMR in a league of its own for many years to come. 

Maximum rewinding efficiency is critical and the HORAGE engineers have used a Rhodium-Plated Tungsten micro-rotor for this task.You can choose to upgrade to PT950 platinum for an upcharge at point of order.

Tungsten is a dense metal and is the industry option for micro-rotors. Increased material density causes the rotor to swing and initiate the rewinding of the mainspring at lower angles.

This means smaller wrist movements will cause the rotor to oscillate and thus rewind your watches power reserve faster. The PT950 Platinum upgrade offers an even higher level of density. A premium precious metal option, which further increases the winding efficiency by an astonishing 8%.

At 6 o ‘clock the 0.29-gram titanium flying tourbillon whirls and captivates as it makes a full rotation every 60 seconds. A blued screw in the cage references the seconds and can be marked at the 30-second point of the minutes track that circumnavigates the dial.

Champagne gold or bright rhodium finishing on the tourbillon cage aperture create a visual separation that complements the hour markers, which are filled with Swiss Super LumiNova®.

At 10 o ‘clock on the Gradient Grey and Salmon dials a power reserve indicator rounds out the chic technical finish of Autark Tourbillon.

A captivating interplay of brushed and polished surfaces.

Refined detail and proportion were paramount for the integrated Grade 5 titanium bracelet. A taper from 22mm to 16mm perfectly balances between sporty and elegant.

The beautifully crafted bracelet is fastened with HORAGE’s proprietary HMAC
micro-adjustment buckle, which offers 10mm of adjustment in 1mm increments.

Re-Calibrating the Price Barrier.

HORAGE broke the price barriers for both the Swiss titanium flying tourbillon and the micro-rotor GMT. Now we are doing it again with the micro-rotor tourbillon.

The market starting point for Swiss micro-rotor tourbillons is north of 40,000 Swiss francs and can reach the hundreds of thousands. 

The retail price for the Autark Tourbillon starts at 12,990 Swiss francs with a Rhodium-plated Tungsten rotor. An upgrade to a PT950 Platinum rotor is available for an additional 2,000 Swiss francs.

Functions: Titanium flying tourbillon, hours and minutes, option of with or without power reserve indicator (PR indicator only available with GradientGrey & Salmon dials).

Movement: K-TMR micro-rotor tourbillon, 3.6mm x 30mm, 72-hour power reserve, silicon spring & escapement, screw balance regulation, hand-finished bridge work.
Colour: Anthracite Grey only.

Micro-Rotor: Rhodium Plated Tungsten or upgrade to PT950 platinum.

Power Reserve: 72 Hours / 3 Day Power Reserve.

Cage: Titanium flying tourbillon, 0.29 grams, 43-piece construction, silicon pallet fork, escape wheel and hairspring.

Dimensions: Diameter 39.5mm, thickness of sub 9mm, lug to lug 48.3mm, lug width 22mm.

Case & Crown: Grade 5 titanium, crown guards.

Dial: Options of stamped Gradient Grey, Galactic Blue, Sunray Black and Salmon with Swiss Super LumiNova® appliques that glow green, 60-minute track.