Van Cleef & Arpels 2023 Watches & Wonders Geneva’s most notable features are the three new automatons, the Lady Feerie or Rose Poetic watch that combines fairy with the sophisticated function of the reverseminute, Ludo Secret pays homage to the family’s 1930s classics.
Lady Feerie or Rose poetic complex function watch
Lady Feerie Poetic complex functional watch once again takes fairies as the creation theme, presenting a fairy with wings on the white clouds to release magic dream scene. The 33mm rose gold case is matched with a mother-of-pearl dial decorated with pearls. The natural color changes and hand-painted gradient colors look like a beautiful glow.
A fairy with a magic wand, a rose-cut diamond in the shape of a water drop, floated on a mother-of-pearl cloud; The skirt is inlaid with pink sapphires, and the wings are fused with painted glass enamel and backlit silhouette enamel technology, highlighting the thin and transparent crystal texture. The fairies are also scattered with diamonds, like twinkling stars.
The magic wand in the fairy’s hand is the reverse jump minute hand, which slides between the fan-shaped minute scale and jumps to the position of 0 minutes every 60 minutes. When jumping, the digital window is located at 6 o ‘clock, which makes the picture soft and balanced.
Equipped with automatic chain movement to provide 36 hours of power storage. Turn the watch can see movement pendulum decoration “full moon” and “star” pattern, details full of poetry.
Automatic mechanism for Planetarium celestial instrument
The Planetarium machine uses sparkling gems to create a miniature skyscope that depicts planets orbiting the sun. Each planet moves exactly as it does in real life, with Mercury taking 88 days to circle the dial, Earth taking 365 days and Saturn taking 29.5 years.
The designer combines exquisite astronomical machinery with fine jewelry techniques. The sun in the center is made up of more than 500 gold needles, each of which is decorated with yellow sapphires, manganese aluminum garnet or diamonds at the end. The visual effect is gorgeous and striking. The sun is surrounded by marble spheres-green chalcedony Mercury, rose crystal Venus, red jasper Mars, brown jasper Jupiter, obsidian Saturn, turquoise Earth, and moonstone Moon, and studded with gems such as diamonds, colored saphones, and saffrones.
Starting the mechanism, a shooting star made of diamonds, sapphires and emeralds slowly rises and rotates around a black, gold and glass table to present the current time as a ballet by Michel Tirabosco, a Swiss musician, plays. Under the action of internal machinery, the solar needle will vibrate slightly, reflecting the sun’s more dazzling light.
Time/minute, day/night, calendar marking year, month and day, and power storage can be seen through a window at the bottom of the unit, and a small window reveals the music box and glockenspar in the machine.
Floraison du Nenuphar Butterfly hidden water flower automatic mechanical device
This piece draws inspiration from nature to tell the poetic story of “butterfly hidden flower in water”. The main body of the installation is made of red marble, and the blue silicon copper ore symbolizes the calm water of the pool. The budding rose golden lotus is decorated with pink color lacquer, the color is beautiful and elegant, and the details of the veins of lotus leaves are lifelike. Another, smaller lotus flower hangs by its side, causing the eye to walk downstream from the crown and fall on the fairy resting by the time circle.
When the device is activated, the lotus blossoms at the top, and a graceful and flexible butterfly emerges from the thin petals, dancing to the music. The body of the butterfly is encrusted with diamonds and turquoise, and the gorgeous wings are made of painted glass enamel technology, which reflects the fascinating light with the translucent texture. The lotus stamens are interspersed with yellow sapphires, manganese aluminum garnet and diamonds, silhouetted against each other by butterflies.
Eveil du Cyclamen automatic mechanical device
The installation is inspired by the romantic scene of butterflies dancing among flowers. A dozen cyclamen flowers grow on a base composed of green sand, gold stone and purple jade. The flowers are hand-carved and polished, and painted with a gradual change of pink and purple paint. Another flower is fixed to the edge of the base, as if it has just been blown off by the breeze, and the end of the blade just becomes a time pointer.
When the automatic mechanical device starts, the clusters of flowers spread out around, and the butterflies fly in the flowers, as if looking for sweet nectar. The butterfly is carved in white gold, inlaid with emeralds, diamonds and lapis lazuli. The wings of painted glass enamel show a light and transparent effect in the light. As the animation of the device ends, the flowers gather together again, and the butterflies rest safely among them.
Ludo Secret Fine jewelry watch
The Ludo Secret collection was inspired by the Ludo bracelets that Van Cleef & Arpels introduced in the 1930s. The rose gold watch chain is designed as a hinged structure, with hundreds of small links subtly connected to create a flexible and soft touch. This piece is available in two versions, one with diamond and one with pink sapphires.
The dial uses a hidden design, as long as the two ends of the inlaid gemstone circular button, white mother-of-pearl time disk will appear from the rose gold cover, dial 12 points inlaid with a rectangular cut gem.
Sweet Alhambra watch
The Alhambra Jewelry Watch Collection continues the family’s classic “four-leaf Clover” design element, bringing good luck and blessings through 9 four-leaf clovers bound with elegant rose gold bracelets. The small and exquisite leaves have bright gold beads in the center, and the outer ring uses the ball Mosaic technology to create a crystal clear and exquisite visual effect.
The four-leaf clover on the dial is decorated with Guet carving technique, which creates a glowing fire color of rose gold through a three-dimensional profile. The radial Gator engraving pattern is viewed from different angles, presenting light and shadow changes. Four four-leaf clover chain segments inlaid with red chalcedony pieces are also the sought-after four-leaf gem version. The watch is powered by a quartz movement.
Perlee Hidden pendant watch
The Perlee collection harks back to the tradition of 17th century European pocket watches with a subtle blend of hidden dial, gem-set cover and long gold chain elements that can be worn as a pendant or a chronograph to keep track of the time.
Choose from 3 gem-set versions, ruby version with rose gold case, sapphire and emerald version with gold case. Gently unscrew the cover, you can see the white mother-of-pearl dial, the outer ring is inlaid with a ring of diamonds, with the gold bead decoration on the edge of the case, presenting a harmonious and gorgeous beauty.
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Post time: Apr-07-2023