16 February 2017
This is how Victoire de Castellane named these secret watches whose dials are hidden under a cover of precious stones. They allow watchmakers to find a new way to develop business and jewelers to make jewelry more fun. If at the end of the eighteenth century they were fashioned by good etiquette where displaying the hour in society was not polite, they are today part of the family of transformable pieces which double the pleasure and go maybe even further.
Audemars Piguet - "Diamond Outrage" made of gold and diamonds
Cartier - "Tutti Agrumes" made of emeralds, sapphires, rubies and diamonds. The dial is hidden behind an emerald surrounded by diamonds
Dior Joaillerie - "Majestueuse Opale" made of diamonds, emeralds, turquoises and Paraiba tourmalines. The dial is hidden behind a black opal
Chanel - "Gabrielle Chanel" made of gold and diamonds
Giampiero Bodino - "Rosa dei Venti" made of emeralds, rubies, sapphires and diamonds. The dial is hidden behind an emerald
Beyond aesthetics, Christopher Esber believes in the positive virtues that certain crystals worn directly on the skin possess.
Botter, the Dutch creative duo made up of Lisi Herrebrugh and Rushemy Botter have turned colorful little cars into jewelry.
In this issue we offer a non-exhaustive overview of pieces heralding these new jewelry values.
On “Wing Shop” the new e-shop of Noor Fares, you can entirely customize the “Fly Me to the Moon” earrings.
The positive values initiated by Léon Rouvenat, almost two centuries on, are modernized.
During the conference organized by the jeweler L’Or du Monde (pioneers in the use of recycled gold), the Systext association painted an apocalyptic picture...