With the MT1.1 Tourbillon 7 Days, Marco Tedeschi makes its debut and immediately defines its approach: watchmaking built from the movement outward, driven by a clear technical vision, with aesthetics that follow as a natural consequence.
This story predates 2026. Two decades earlier, Marco Tedeschi developed his first central tourbillon, an architecture that would gradually form the backbone of the Kross Studio universe, established in 2020.
Since then, this vision has evolved within a fully integrated manufacture, guided by a clear roadmap: to create a cohesive family of 12 additional movements or complications, all designed according to a single principle: form follows movement.
Within this framework, it was only natural that Marco Tedeschi’s first creation would feature a tourbillon. At first glance, it may seem to take the leading role, but that impression is misleading. Instead, it is nearly upstaged by a typically understated feature: the power reserve. Here, it becomes the defining element, delivering 168 hours of autonomy.
As in traditional watchmaking architecture, a tourbillon regulator depends on the combined action of the balance wheel and hairspring. In this case, however, both are housed within a rotating cage. This means that, beyond powering the regulating system, additional energy is required to drive the cage itself.
This has significant implications: a tourbillon movement demands between 20% and 40% more energy than a comparable calibre without one. At the same time, it introduces real spatial constraints. The cage, along with the components linking it to the rest of the movement, occupies valuable space. In short, the tourbillon both increases energy consumption and reduces the space available to store it.
Reaching a 7-day power reserve is therefore anything but incidental, it must be planned from the outset.
The entire movement architecture is designed around this objective, maximizing the space dedicated to the barrel, already one of the largest elements in a mechanical watch.
In the MT1.1, the barrel extends to occupy virtually all available space on the mainplate, even pushing beyond its nominal radius. The outcome is clear: 168 hours of power reserve, compared to the roughly 40 hours typically found in standard mechanical watches.
This technical logic is directly expressed on the dial. Positioned at 12 o’clock, the power reserve indicator naturally takes prominence in a watch centered on energy management. Opposite, at 6 o’clock, the tourbillon provides a visual counterbalance, creating a clear and intuitive dialogue between the component that consumes energy and the display that tracks it.
With this first piece, Marco Tedeschi sets out its core narrative: a tourbillon, an exceptional power reserve, and a clear expression of the principles that will shape what follows.
