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Throughout history, Watchmaking and Decoration
...have been inextricably linked.
Today, some watch snobs deride gem-setting and enamelling on watches as being too "bling" but they forget that always in horological history, the best watches had the best decorative arts applied. The giants like A.L. Breguet and F. Berthoud would have sent their best pieces to the best artisans before delivery to top clients.
Regards,
MTF
PIAGET Mythical Journey Collection part 7: Miniature Enamel with Gold Silver Leaf
From the launch of 'A Mythical Journey Collection' of watches and jewellery by Piaget in November 2013, we take a closer look at a traditional technique: Miniature Enamel for watch dials featuring Piaget Protocole XXL Miniature Enamel, Piaget Emperador XL...
Exquisite details
You almost want to just put the watch in a show case not on your wrist. I will go back through the report and learn a little more. Bill
Throughout history, Watchmaking and Decoration
...have been inextricably linked. Today, some watch snobs deride gem-setting and enamelling on watches as being too "bling" but they forget that always in horological history, the best watches had the best decorative arts applied. The giants like A.L. Bre...
Incredible
The Indian landscape watch is breathtaking! I can't imagine how hard it must be create a watch where the visual landscape carries over to the case and is in perfect alignment. I hope one day I will be able to see this one, but am doubtful. The casework is...
Blue enamel available from Piaget or Cartier
Spellbound, Piaget can do an elegant blue flinque enamel dial. I don't have the exact image but append below a violet-blue Piaget Altiplano flinque enamel and other blue enamel dials to show how a plain blue flinque enamel is possible. An alternative woul...
Exquisite!
I don't know when (if ever!) I will have sufficient gravitas to pull off such a piece...
A Piaget enamel watch recommendation from the next report
secretlife, From the NEXT instalment (part 8) of the Mythical Journey by Piaget reviews, I think you have all the gravitas to wear this watch shown below. A Perfect World........ Regards, MTF ...
The diverse variety
The diverse variety of watches in your posts had me visit the Piaget website for the very first time to do some window shopping. I did actually come away with a shopping list and with my "ultra thin" wallet, I just might pull the trigger on some evening a...
Past life...
Wow, that IS really gorgeous; albeit more suited to my past life than my secret life... (",) There is a certain whimsy and romanticism that Piaget captures so well!