Baselworld/SIHH

Part 2:

1.     Petite Hour minutes Thousand Year Lights

2.     Year of the Monkey releases

3.     The Charmin Bird 2016 version –> see part 3

Petite Hour minutes Thousand Year Lights

below an excerpt of the press release that describes the technique. Quite interesting indeed which results in an uniquie and very poetic dial . Available in 25 and 39 mm versions

A flowery landscape was inspired by the Korean "Najeon Chilgi" method, which involves mother-of-pearl encrusted lacquer. Its golden age was during the Goryeo dynasty (10^th-14^th centuries), when aristocratic ladies would order sumptuous jewelry boxes requiring months of work. The richness of colors comes to light as their tenderness is revealed with a touch of intense red, while the silver glimmer of leaves goes hand in hand with minute details only made possible through the mother-of-pearl intaglio. The mother-of-pearl is first lacquered, then polished with great care. The craftsmen engravers then bring out the minute volumes through hand painting, imbuing these floral tableaux with incomparable shine and the mirror effect of light glistening upon them. Reinterpreted by Jaquet Droz, this ancestral technique brings out the brilliance and dazzle of the dial like never before, earning this exceptional piece its name: "Thousand Year Lights."

Below  a press picture of the WG version to give another impression of the dial

Year of the Monkey Releases

The Petite Heure Minute Relief Monkey: adorned with a medley of lacquer and mother-of-pearl that discloses a monkey, sculpted in red or white gold

Petite Heure Minute Monkey: available in RG in a 35 and a 39 mm version, both with painted ivory Grand Feu enamel dial.

I realize that i dont have live pics of these versions, hence i have to resort to the press release:

Nice execution of the monkey on the rotor.

END OF PART 2