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The Reverso watch, with its distinctive swivelling, rectangular case, serves as a medium for inventive show, significantly evident in its monoface fashions with clean pink gold 750/1000 (18-carat) case-backs. These surfaces invite the expert artisans of Jaeger-LeCoultre’s Métiers Rares atelier to showcase their mastery of decorative crafts, a practice that melds the heritage of effective watchmaking with inventive brilliance.
Introduced in 2021, the Reverso One ‘Precious Flowers’ assortment merges conventional watchmaking with High Jewellery, that includes lavish designs that incorporate enamelling, gold-leaf paillonnage, and gem-setting. This 12 months, three new pink gold fashions be part of the gathering, every restricted to 10 items, bringing contemporary vibrancy and magnificence. Drawing inspiration from Tropical Art Deco, a method distinguished in the course of the Nineteen Thirties recognized for its smooth Streamline Modern structure mixed with vivid, lush pure components, these fashions resonate with the power and colors of this era. Places like Miami, Singapore, and Mumbai nonetheless bear architectural remnants of this wealthy type, recognized for its dynamic and vibrant motifs.
Each timepiece requires intricate coordination between varied craftsmen over months, emphasising a mix of conventional strategies with progressive designs. The face of the watch contrasts sharply with its ornamental case: the dial, fabricated from white mother-of-pearl, is bordered by gold brackets and adorned with diamond-set gadroons, whereas the winding crown includes a prominently displayed diamond.
The artwork of champlevé enamelling is central to those designs. Artisans first carve into the gold case to stipulate the floral patterns, then meticulously fill these outlines with layers of enamel, every requiring a exact firing at excessive temperatures to set. The delicate paillonnage includes putting skinny items of 24-carat gold leaf beneath the enamel to create shimmering results and depth, enhancing the floral designs with a three-dimensional look.
After a number of firings, every including to the depth and depth of the colors, expert gem-setters adorn the designs with diamonds, including a component of opulence and intricacy. This advanced interplay between exhausting and comfortable supplies presents distinctive challenges, because the metallic’s responsiveness adjustments with every firing. The ‘Precious Flowers’ collection options three distinct fashions for 2024, every celebrating a particular tropical flower by way of Jaeger-LeCoultre’s beautiful craftsmanship.
Birds of Paradise is a mannequin captures the essence of the flower recognized for symbolising pleasure and freedom. The vibrant oranges and gold are achieved by way of a number of layers of enamel over gold leaf, making a luminous impact enhanced by a snow-set diamond backdrop. The strap’s inexperienced alligator leather-based enhances the vivid colors of the enamel work.
Hibiscus Enamel represents magnificence and knowledge, this timepiece includes a hibiscus motif in shades of blue and inexperienced, paying homage to a lagoon. The complete case background is roofed in Grand Feu enamel, with the flower particulars in champlevé enamel. Diamonds intensify the case’s edges, including sparkle and distinction to the serene enamel tones. Hibiscus Diamonds highlights the hibiscus flower by way of a placing mixture of blue champlevé enamel and an intense show of snow-set diamonds, creating a blinding distinction that accentuates the detailed craftsmanship and vibrant enamel hues.
