BaselWorld 2015: Chamber of Wonders – Review and Live Shots
Friends, This year many of the major brands released very artistic watches with beautiful motifs on the dial and so did Girard-Perregaux as well! What differentiate the trilogy from GP this year is most of all the material chosen for each dial. These watc...
BaselWorld 2015: Chamber of Wonders – Part 1, the Pearl of Wonders
The motif is based on a map drawn by the historian Ibn al-Wardi who lived in the first half of the fifteenth century. Inspired by the theories of Ptolemy, the Greco-Egyptian astronomer and astrologist who lived in Alexandria at the beginning of the 2nd ce...
That ( the use of Papyrus ) is an original idea. A quite challenging process.
Thanks for all these précisions, Blomman. I didn't get all these informations when these watches wre unveiled. Best, Nicolas
Very challenging!
And very original indeed! :) Love their approach here, to map style with material! Best Blomman
BaselWorld 2015: Chamber of Wonders – Part 2, the Terrestrial map
The motif for the Terrestrial map is inspired by the work of Italian Jesuit, Matteo Ricci. A theologian, philosopher, mathematician, cosmologist and astronomer, this priest took part in his congregation’s missions in Asia. Landing in Macao in 1582, he spe...
I guess this one is tough to take in picture. But your static shots are pretty convincing.
What about the depth of the dial, in the real? Best, Nicolas
Yes, the most tricky of the three....
Good depth, even if painted on a almost flat surface, the depth is good! Not as good as the Pearl or the new world - there you have actual level differences. Best Blomman
BaselWorld 2015: Chamber of Wonders – Part 3, the New World
From the beginnings of modern cartography, 142 drawings of maps are attributed to Sebastian Münster (1488-1552), a German scholar who moved to Basel following his conversion to Protestantism. His work, Novus Orbis, resembled an encouragement to explorator...
This style is not as easy ....
To embrace as the two others, but together they make a fantastic set, IMO. Best Blomman
BaselWorld 2015: Chamber of Wonders – Part 4, Summary and thoughts
Friends, When I first saw these Chamber of Wonders watches I was blown away! I love the art work, the different styles, and the travel through time! :) From Egypt to China… From China to America… And back again! :) A big part of my fascination with these ...
Here we agree. The Papyrus has the most appealing chromatic combination.
I am quite intrigued with the apparent coldness and " intellectuality " of the white jade, too. A pity you cannot get them separately. I would have also liked a white metal version. The white jade would have been to cold, but it would have worked very wel...
You and your white metal.... ;)
Here I think the Pink Gold makes a better match! Of course, a fresh approach would have been to make three different - YG, PG, WG... Best Blomman
Can't argue here :)
Papyrus is absolute favorite Prepare to be boarded! :) Sincerely Damjan
Choice of pearls.. Intellectual & artisan exercise.. Purely hypothetical guess ..
.. my humble personal choice would be the Jade, the middle one.. closely , very closely followed by the captivating first, pearl of an ancient world - But it's already nice to see them on your nice pics, and let one's thoughts wander.. around the ancient ...
Thank you for your input, HS!
Yes, World maps or maps as such is a great theme! Makes you dream about exsotic places far away... :) Best, my friend Blomman
Wonderful line-up
a true piece of art, or better say 3 pieces. While I admire all, I personally most like the white jade, it's not too colourful and "in-your-face". CC
Yes the jade dial....
Is very sober! OK, now we only need to find one guy for the New World and we could split on one set! ;) Best Blomman