Under the ingenious hands of master craftsmen, every top-level craft watch is as stunning as a work of art that can be "worn".

The top-level craftsmanship watch with a square inch on the wrist is like a work of art worn on the wrist. It challenges the highest craftsmanship in a very small space. It is an exquisite work that takes time and months, and its artistic value is incomparable.

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Katsushika Hokusai, the ukiyo-e master of the Edo period in Japan, sublimated ancient woodblock prints from popular entertainment to high-level art. His works have a profound influence on future generations and are constantly copied and paid tribute to. The time-honored diamond-shaped guilloché, micro-painting, and Grand Feu enamel techniques have condensed Katsushika Hokusai's masterpiece "Amitabha Falls in the Deep of Kisoji" into a Reverso Tribute series watch that is only one-tenth the size of the original.

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Jaeger-LeCoultre’s master craftsmen not only need to accurately reduce the details of the composition, but also need to use enamel technology to show the effect of woodcut prints. In order to faithfully present the texture and color of the original work, the enamel craftsman developed a special process to reproduce the unique "color gradient" of the original work. "Technique" (bokashi), imitating the delicate gradation of colors printed on paper, while maintaining the bright blue and yellow tones that Katsushika Hokusai's works have always had.

The colors of the bright dial and the painting on the back of the watch are harmonious and consistent. The master craftsman fixes the dial at a carefully calculated angle. The sixty lines that form the diamond pattern must be cut several times on a lathe one by one, a total of 600 times, and then fired with 6 layers of enamel to create a half. Transparent texture.

The Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Tribute Enamel Hokusai 'Amida Falls' enamel watch condenses the works of Ukiyo-e master Katsushika Hokusai into square inches.

(Left in the picture) The rhombus pattern of the dial is hand-processed by an ancient lathe with a history of 100 years. The craftsman must have superb skills and dexterous craftsmanship to ensure that clear lines are cut and a completely symmetrical pattern is formed.

(Picture on the right) The enamel craftsman precisely composed the picture, and carefully adjusted the color and proportion.

The dynamism of the precise depiction of metal engraving

Dragons and phoenixes are symbols of auspiciousness and wealth in oriental culture. Vacheron Constantin presents a pair of dragons and phoenixes on a 41mm dial with gold carving techniques. With a complex tourbillon device, it is a magnificent scene of dragons and phoenixes. .

The dragon and phoenix made of 18K 5N pink gold are carved with embossed patterns, and the shape of the dragon and phoenix is ​​hand-carved with a carving knife, and the raised parts are carefully polished with a file. After multiple processes, the precise depiction, including scales, feathers, tentacles, and claws, is extremely delicate. , at 6 o'clock is Vacheron Constantin's iconic Maltese cross-shaped tourbillon, with a dragon claw resting on it and a phoenix wing caressing the side. .

The bezel and lugs are embossed and engraved with endless swirl patterns, like auspicious clouds floating in the sky. With the black, dark blue or silver dial treated with electroplating, the overall picture has a sense of depth.

Vacheron Constantin Traditionnelle Tourbillon Limited Edition (dark blue).

(Left in the picture) Vacheron Constantin adopts the dragon and phoenix pattern carved in embossed flowers, and each detail has gone through multiple processes.

(Pictured right) Vacheron Constantin's master watchmakers carefully assemble the complex tourbillon device.

The beauty of thin diameter and smooth cloisonné enamel

The snow-capped beauty of Lake Jura, Switzerland, jumps on Blancpain's Métiers d'Art master series watch. The scenery on the dial is harmonious in color and distinct in layers, making the winter snow scene more clear and clear. Tranquil poetry.

Blancpain uses the long-established cloisonné enamel process. This process first shapes, cuts and polishes precious metal wires by hand to form a frame that acts as a "compartment", and then coats each compartment with a thin layer. Enamel, after being fired at high temperature, it presents a transparent enamel color.

The craftsmen framed the compartments with 0.05 mm gold wire, and then decorated details such as fir trees and hills that shone like ice crystals, through alternating light colors in the foreground and dark enamel in the background, plus opaque and translucent Variations create picture depth and subtle gradation effects.

Blancpain Métiers d'Art Art Master Series Jura Lake Snow Scene 12-day power reserve one-minute flying tourbillon watch, 6,120,000 yuan.

(Picture on the right) The enamel craftsman first draws a draft on white paper to determine the composition and color.

(Left in the picture) The enamel craftsman uses the cloisonné enamel technique as a pattern to make a compartment.

Gold carving micro-painting exquisite chiseling aesthetics

The patterns of Hermès silk scarves are ever-changing, showing unrestrained imagination; Hermès has also transplanted the patterns of silk scarves to watches many times, showing the delicate patterns of silk scarves with completely different materials, the Arceau Les Folies du Ciel craft watch Inspired by the "Les Folies du Ciel" silk scarf pattern designed by Loïc Dubigeon in 1984, flying birds and hot air balloons symbolize infinite dreams.

The watch uses gold carving and micro-painting techniques to present vivid patterns and full colors. The craftsman first carves various patterns with extremely thin metal. During the process, every chisel must be careful to avoid deformation or chipping of the metal. , and then paint the engraved pattern micro-painting, through the wisps of white smoke from the chimney, you can see the texture tone on the mother-of-pearl dial, two pink and green hot air balloons are billowing in the wind, each The surfaces of the patterns are all hand-polished to give off a dazzling luster.

Hermès Arceau Les Folies du Ciel craftsmanship watch.

(Left in the picture) The delicate painting process makes the color of the finished product more saturated and vivid.

(right) After the craftsman paints the pattern of each gold carving, he carefully arranges it on the dial.

Pictures provided by: Blancpain, Hermès, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Vacheron Constantin

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