Ronde Louis Cartier Zebra and Giraffe Gold Bead Granulation and Marquetry Watch

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Reading Time: 7 minutesIn 2014, Cartier inaugurated the Maison des Métiers d’Art in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, a sanctuary dedicated to preserving and revitalizing rare artisanal crafts. Nestled in a meticulously restored 17th-century farmhouse, this institution epitomizes the seamless blend of tradition and innovation, becoming a global benchmark in the world of watchmaking andContinue Reading

Métiers d’Art – Tribute to traditional symbols

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Reading Time: 8 minutesVacheron Constantin pays tribute to ancient Chinese culture with its new Métiers d’Art – Tribute to traditional symbols series, featuring two interpretations of the “Seawater Cliff”, a legendary Chinese motif that first appeared in the 14th century. This depiction of wave-lashed cliffs belongs to the cultural tradition of Imperial China, a special field ofContinue Reading

Vacheron Constantin Métiers d’Art Villes Lumières Sydney

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Reading Time: 7 minutesThe Métiers d’Art Villes Lumières collection is an invitation to embark upon a nocturnal journey above cities bubbling with creativity. On dials draped with an enamelled base in deep shades, a wide variety of powders creates a bird’s-eye view miniature tableau of these sprawling urban expanses. Traditional grand feu champlevéContinue Reading

Vacheron Constantin Métiers d’Art The legend of the Chinese zodiac - Year of the rabbit

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Reading Time: 3 minutesVacheron Constantin is pursuing its dialogue with collectors and passionate devotees of Haute Horlogerie by enriching its Métiers d’Art The legend of the Chinese zodiac with the sign of the rabbit. “Demure as a maiden, quick as a rabbit”: this old Chinese saying is an appropriate interpretation of rabbit in Chinese culturalContinue Reading

Vacheron Constantin Métiers d’Art The legend of the Chinese zodiac

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Reading Time: 3 minutesVacheron Constantin is pursuing its dialogue with collectors and passionate devotees of Haute Horlogerie by enriching its Métiers d’Art The legend of the Chinese zodiac with the sign of the tiger. Symbolizing invicible power, authority and strength, considered as the king of fur animals in Chinese culture, the tiger represents an auspicious animal that exorcisesContinue Reading

Métiers d’Art Tribute to great explorers

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Reading Time: 7 minutesThey evoke a time when the world had yet to be discovered. They retrace the famous epic journeys of the great 15th century explorers who braved the seas and oceans to discover distant horizons. Bartolomeu Dias, Vasco da Gama, Pedro Álvares Cabral: Vacheron Constantin celebrates their spirit of adventure through aContinue Reading

Blancpain Métiers d’Art Porcelaine Ref. 6124-1919-55B

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Reading Time: 5 minutesWith its Métiers d’Art collection, the Manufacture Blancpain offers a journey through cultures. Its openness to the world gives rise to unique creations in which watchmaking excellence and artistic expertise come together in praise of Nature. Today, Blancpain sets sail for Taiwan by dedicating two individual models to one ofContinue Reading

Vacheron Constantin Métiers d’Art The legend of the Chinese zodiac - Year of the ox

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Reading Time: 2 minutesVacheron Constantin is pursuing its dialogue with collectors and passionate devotees of Haute Horlogerie by enriching its Métiers d’Art The legend of the Chinese zodiac with the Year of the Ox. Symbolizing perseverance, loyalty and patience, it will take over from the rat at the Chinese New Year on February 12th 2021. Two new creations, realised inContinue Reading

Cartier Métiers d’Art

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Reading Time: 3 minutesStraw and gold marquetry and enamel filigree – this year, the artisans in La Chaux-de-Fonds reveal two new Cartier “Métiers d’Art” watches, created around the natural and the precious through exchanges between marquetry craftsmen, jewellers, designers, enamellers, gem-setters and miniature painters.Continue Reading