MAURICE LACROIX – MASTERPIECE Embrace 40

MAURICE LACROIX – MASTERPIECE Square Wheel EMBRACE Steel 40mm Automatic - 2020


The Masterpiece Embrace is a fusion of artistic expression and technical creativity, courtesy of its retrograde calendar and unusual small seconds display. Two hearts rotate, a metaphor for the highs and the lows besetting all relationships, however, they always remain together, locked in a perpetual embrace.

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This timepiece combines an alluring aesthetic with incredible watchmaking expertise. The model is available in two versions, one with a blue aventurine dial and a second with a white mother-of-pearl dial embellished with radiating lines emanating from the small seconds indication.

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The generously proportioned 40mm stainless steel case confers a strong wrist presence and is a worthy accompaniment to any haute couture ensemble. Housed within the sumptuous case is a Manufacture movement, the Calibre ML258. This automatic movement features high-end finishing such as rhodium plated bridges embellished with Colimaçon, a rhodium plated openworked rotor adorned with vertical Côtes de Genève motif and a combination of sandblasted and Colimaçon decoration. Beyond its becoming smile, this watch has many inner qualities.

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Openworked, leaf-shaped hour and minute hands articulate the time with clear tone and notable style. In the lower portion of the dial is an arrow-like hand, a reference to Cupid. It points to the retrograde date indication, tastefully expressed with a series of circlets. When in love, the heart can miss a beat and the head can be overwhelmed. This is captured with the poetic statement on the dial, ‘je t’aime un peu, beaucoup, à la folie!’.

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However, the pièce de résistance of the Masterpiece Embrace is the model’s small seconds display, a reinterpretation of Maurice Lacroix’s patented Square Wheel indication. Every tooth has a unique profile, made to infinitesimal tolerances, engaging with its adjacent counterpart with seamless precision. A discreet marking indicates the prevailing second without marring the clean dial design. Both versions of the Masterpiece Embrace feature their own interpretation of the heart’s appearance.

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The Masterpiece Embrace is presented on a coordinating calf leather strap, paired with a stainless steel folding clasp.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Model:  MASTERPIECE Square Wheel EMBRACE

Ref. MP6068-SS001-430-1 - Aventurine
Ref. MP6068-SS001-160-1 - Silver


MOVEMENT
Manufacture Automatic ML258
    Vibrations: 28'800 vph / 4 Hz
    Power reserve: 36 hours
    Number of jewels: 37
Decorations
Rhodium plated bridges with Colimaçon and M logo lining.
Rhodium plated skeleton rotor with vertical Côtes de Genève, sandblasted and  Colimaçon finishing.
Functions:
Hours and minutes.

• Second at 9 o'clock.
• Retrograde calendar at 5 o'clock.

CASE
Round
Diameter: Ø 40 mm  
Height: 14.00mm
Stainless steel satin and polished finishing
Domed sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating on both sides
Screwed case back with wide sapphire crystal
Water resistance to 10 atm
DIAL
Aventurine.

• White Mother-of-pearl
• Silver powder printing

Rhodium plated hands and indexes
HANDS
Small seconds display is located in the lower portion of the dial.
Again, it features yellow and grey tones. 
STRAP

• Blue calf leather
• White cream calf leather 

BUCKLE
Folding clasp in stainless steel


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Press release – 2020
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International PR Manager
Lucie Notari
Phone +41 78 638 70 09
lucie.notari@mauricelacroix.com
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