GLau
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Thanks for the post MTF!! Useful and interesting although I...
did not understand all of it. LOL !!
Any comments from the master on the Jungle dial ?
Various Chopard sales keep telling me that only one master makes the dial and that he is very old, implying negative thoughts to promote collection.
Personally I think one master does the design (based on previous interviews and posts) but a team of apprentices do the work under his supervision.
Just curious as to what is the real story on how many people produce the dials ?
Many thanks,
Gordon
Interview: Yamada Heiando CHOPARD LUC XP Urushi Japanese Lacquer Technique
In 2009, Chopard announced the LUC XP Urushi Dial watches combining the exquisite Japanese lacquer work of Minori KOIZUMI under the auspices of 'National Living Treasure' - Master Kiichiro MASUMURA - at the Yamada Heiando Studio with the superlative watch...
Thanks for this, MTF.
I find these dials beautiful. I vacillate as to which is my favorite. tmust admit, thought, that when I contemplate the watches, I question how much I would wear one, or even how much Mrs. CaliforniaJed would. As a consequence, it is not high on my list f...
We use the Chopard LUC XP Urushi watch more often than you'd think
We like to live dangerously......... Regards, MTF PS. By the way, the dogs colours were meant to mimic the Cognac and Champagne dial versions of the Chopard XP special dial editions. ...
Thanks for the post MTF!! Useful and interesting although I...
did not understand all of it. LOL !! Any comments from the master on the Jungle dial ? Various Chopard sales keep telling me that only one master makes the dial and that he is very old, implying negative thoughts to promote collection. Personally I think ...
More explanation about Japanese lacquer work
GLau, Reading the thread again, I agree that some more explanation is needed about the terminology. Urushi: Lacquer from the sap of the Lacquer Tree. Maki-e: "Sprinkled picture" artwork that is painted lacquer sprinkled with other substances like gold or ...
I always find it interesting...
when viewing a piece of art, to find out what the "back story" is. Whenever I look at a painting I wonder, what was the artist thinking as made those stroke? Or when I see the chisel marks made on the foundation stones of a castle I think, who made this m...
To swim with the fish, you must first have the mind of the ocean.
Aloha, My Japanese buddy (drinking, eating and other things) - Y-san - told me: "To swim with the fish, you must first have the mind of the ocean". Being san-sei, you know what that means..... :-) Regards, MTF