Van Cleef & Arpels - Complications Poétiques From the top, left to right:Midnight in ParisJour-N
Van Cleef & Arpels - Complications Poétiques From the top, left to right:Midnight in ParisJour-Nuit (Day & Night)Le pont des amoureux (the Lovers’ Bridge)Une Journée à Paris (A Day in Paris)Féerie Butterfly SymphonyThe third, fifth and last ones possess especially beautiful mechanisms in that the lovers move from side to side on Paris’s Pont des Arts only to reunite at noon and midnight, while the butterflies in “Butterfly Symphony” flutter from minute to hour. I haven’t seen the fairy one in motion but I assume the Fairy points to the hours with her wand and possibly her wings. This is haute joaillerie, the haute couture of jewelry, and Van Cleef & Arpels never fails to take my breath away with pieces like these.From the Van Cleef and Arpels website, “Retrograde Movement” mechanism:The Retrograde movement is one of four movements featured in the Poetic Complications™ collection. On displays known as “retrograde”, the hands trace an arc before returning instantly to their initial position, only to begin another journey. This constant dance of the hands makes it possible to create dials that are both original and highly spectacular. Van Cleef & Arpels uses this watch movement to surprise and amaze, bringing characters to life within a poetic world and ultimately, telling a story.In addition to the spectacular stories showcased on each dial, inside each retrograde movement timepiece, master watchmakers have inserted elements from the dial’s main design onto some of the mechanism’s components.Delicate little fairies, two romantic lovers, and graceful butterflies are scattered discreetly inside the Fairy, Pont des Amoureux, and Butterfly Symphony timepieces respectively. These playful, yet hidden, reminders of each timepiece’s theme are just another homage to the art of attention to detail as practiced by our Maison. These miniature elements truly embody Van Cleef & Arpels’ Poetry of Time™.With the Fairy, the Pont des Amoureux, and the Butterfly Symphony timepieces, the Maison offers poetic interpretations of three of its best-loved themes: fairies, love, and nature. -- source link
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