Tuesday, August 4, 2015

BVLGARI – LVCEA High Jewellery
















BVLGARILVCEA High Jewellery White Gold Limited Edition NEW

BVLGARI clothes its LVCEA collection 
in brilliant and glamorous High Jewellery attire.

This highly exclusive collection sets a perfect stage for the jeweller’s expertise in three precious watches adorned with diamonds, rubies and emeralds. They shine a precious light on time and endow the LVCEA collection with an even more distinctive radiance.

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LVCEA exquisitely exalted

Right from the time of its launch in 2014, LVCEA asserted itself as the new muse among BVLGARI ladies’ watches. Everything about its appearance evokes the style signatures of the Rome-based jeweller. It embodies the perfect alchemist’s blend of opposites: roundness and linearity; light and shade; grace and sophistication. These contrasting qualities reveal it, endow it with distinction and characterise its versatility, while contouring its material, shapes and personality. From dawn to dusk, it suffuses women’s time with the glow of its multiple incarnations: 28 mm, 33 mm and 36 mm cases, mother-of-pearl shades or guilloché effects, the sparkle of diamonds.

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LVCEA is born of light.  

The whole nature of its emblematic design enshrines the essence of BVLGARI. Three new interpretations draw all eyes, elegantly and intensely reflecting the purity of light. In its new 23 mm-diameter size, this dainty jewellery watch reveals its full splendour. BVLGARI has chosen to adorn white gold with the four gems traditionally considered the most precious: diamonds, the royal stone; emeralds, the most sought-after form of beryl; as well as the two most prestigious corundum, sapphire and ruby.

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In its all-diamond version issued in a five-piece limited edition, LVCEA is swept over blued hands and its crown features a sapphire cabochon set with a brilliant-cut diamond. In the interpretation adorned with rubies or emeralds, each in a three-piece edition, the bezel and bracelet are enhanced with coloured gems. Set with more than 14 carats of precious stones, the bracelet is indeed a piece of jewellery in its own right. The motif formed by the 84 baguette-cut diamonds imparts a distinctive cadence to the dial that marks of time as a reminder of the sundials that inspired it.

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Combining the magnetic draw of its inimitably BVLGARI style with the sparkling radiance of close-set and invisible-set baguette-cut gems, the LVCEA collection literally wraps women in light.

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The secrets of the LVCEA High Jewellery

Beneath the sparkle of the baguette-cut gems. The gemsetter’s know-how is fully expressed.
Stone after stone, cut after cut, over a full 192 hours of intricate and focused workmanship, he arrays LVCEA in its mantle of light.
Case                           
Close and invisible setting
12 hours of setting
26 baguette-cut diamonds of five different sizes
Enhanced by a cabochon crown set with diamond
Dial
Close and invisible
48 hours of gemsetting
84 baguette-cut diamonds
5 different sizes of baguette-cut diamonds, accentuating the spiral effect and reinforcing the sundial motif.
The bracelet at the heart of the LVCEA collection.
The LVCEA bracelet with its emblematic link endows the eponymous collection with its unique and highly distinctive character.
The object of keen and sustained attention, the bracelet of the LVCEA High Jewellery models calls for 132 hours of gemsetting alternating between invisible and close setting 310 stones of 31 different sizes adorn its 85 components.
Each of its links is set with 15 stones of different sizes. The clasp link alone features 20 stones of 17 different sizes. This construction has been entirely revamped in relation to the original model.
In terms of carat weights, there are:
14.01 cts for the diamond version
15.24 cts for the emerald version
16.07 cts for the ruby version.
Stones and carats:
LVCEA High Jewellery Diamonds: 422 stones 17.24 cts
LVCEA High Jewellery Emeralds: 448 stones 17.8 cts
LVCEA High Jewellery Rubies: 448 stones 19 cts

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Technical characteristics

LVCEA High Jewellery Diamonds  - 102465




















Quartz movement. 
23 mm-diameter white gold case set with 26 baguette-cut diamonds (approx. 1.03 cts), 1 brilliant-cut diamond (approx. 0.02 cts) and 1 sapphire (approx. 0.54 cts).
White gold dial set with 84 baguette-cut diamonds (approx. 1.64 cts).
White gold bracelet set with 310 baguette-cut diamonds (approx. 14.01 cts).

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Quartz movement.
23 mm-diameter white gold case set with 26 baguette-cut rubies (approx. 1.11 cts).
White gold crown set with brilliant- and baguette-cut diamonds.
White gold dial set with 84 baguette-cut diamonds (approx. 1.81 cts).
White gold bracelet set with 210 baguette-cut diamonds (approx. 13.25 cts) and 100 buff-top cut rubies (approx. 2.82 cts).

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Quartz movement. 
23 mm-diameter white gold case set with 26 baguette-cut emeralds (approx. 0.76 cts).
White gold crown set with brilliant- and baguette-cut diamonds.
White gold dial set with 84 baguette-cut diamonds (approx. 1.81 cts).
White gold bracelet set with 210 baguette-cut diamonds (approx. 13.25 cts) and 100 buff-top cut emeralds (approx. 2.82 cts).

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Monday, August 3, 2015

MAURICE LACROIX – MASTERPIECE Gravity – Only Watch 2015
















MAURICE LACROIXMASTERPIECE Gravity Unique Piece – Only Watch 2015


The Masterpiece Gravity  “Only Watch 2015” from Maurice Lacroix is an innovative timepiece, at the cutting-edge of progress: Manufacture movement, silicium assortment, world-première Vague du Jura decoration, high-tech POWERLITE® case and a striking, modern usage of color.

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It features a Manufacture Movement, a silicium assortment, an off-­centre hour and minutes display, a world-­première “Vague du Jura” decoration on its main bridge, striking use of colour, presented in an eye-­catching POWERLITE® case (an incredibly robust, durable and light alloy made of Titanium, Aluminum, Zirconium, Magnesium and Ceramic).

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The Masterpiece Gravity presents its oscillator and assortment centre stage on the dial side of the watch. A domed “glass-­box” sapphire crystal further magnifies the oscillator and assortment, making them appear to sit high within the case and according a sublime three-­dimensional characteristic to the dial. A small seconds display, presented on a subdial partially projects over the disclosed balance assortment, masterfully exploiting depth and curving line.

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The Masterpiece Gravity was also the first timepiece to feature a fully silicium assortment. Developed in house by Maurice Lacroix, it is a further example of the company’s forward thinking approach to watchmaking.

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Finally, the case back of the watch is equipped with a sapphire crystal, according a view of the automatic  Calibre ML230 is 18,000 vph (2.5Hz). It is a cadence that is ideally suited for silicium as it proves gentler to the glass-like substance than those experienced in some higher oscillating movements.

The Masterpiece Gravity inspires and challenges convention. It is an innovative timepiece, at the cutting edge of progress, which does not merely convey time but emotionally engages with the wearer with creative expression.

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Only Watch 2015

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Technical Specifications

Model:  MASTERPIECE  GRAVITY Unique Piece – Only Watch 2015

MOVEMENT
Automatic calibre ML230
Assortment and oscillator ML10
Functions:
– Blue lacquered Hours, minutes by off-centered hands at 2 o’clock
– Blue lacquered Small second by off-centered hand at 4 o’clock
– Visible ML assortment and oscillator between 6 and 8 o’clock
VIBRATION:    18 000 alt/h, 2.5 Hz
POWER RESERVE:  50 hours
JEWELS:    35
ADJUSTMENTS:   
5 positions when fully wound
2 positions after 24 hours
DECORATIONS:   
Classic execution:
Rhodium coated bridges, with  diamond cut edges.
sandblasted finishing and diamond cut edges on all bridges.
Modern execution:  
“Vague du Jura” exclusive decoration on movement’s main bridge,
sandblasted and brushed finishings on the other parts of the movement.
CASE
Diameter Ø 43 mm
Blue polished POWERLITE® (patented alloy by Maurice Lacroix,
combination of 5 elements: Titanium / aluminum / Zirconium / Magnesium/ Ceramic),
“Box” sapphire crystal with anti-reflecting coating on both sides,
Screwed case back with wide sapphire crystal and special engraving: “Only Watch 2015 – piece Unique 1/1
Water resistant to 50 m /5 atm
SPECIFICITIES
Exclusive Manufacture movement ML230,
13th in-house Maurice Lacroix movement Blue polished POWERLITE® case,
unique and patented material by Maurice Lacroix resulting from the fusion of 5 elements (Titanium / aluminum / Magnesium / Zirconium / ceramic) unique “Vague du Jura” decoration on movement’s main bridge.
DIAL
Blue lacquered hours and minutes dial at 2 o’clock with rhodied indexes and logo, black and red minutery, Blue lacquered seconds dial at 4 o’clock with black and red second printings, rhodied and facetted hours and minutes hands, red varnished seconds hand.
STRAP/BRACELET
Blue genuine alligator strap, ecru stitching, alsavel lining in beige colour,
Folding clasp in steel with push buttons,
Polished and brushed finishings

ESTIMATE 
CHF 12,000-14,000
$12,700-12,800
11,600-11,700


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Thurgauerstrasse 40
CH-8050 Zürich
Phone +41 (0)44 209 11 11
Fax +41 (0)44 209 12 52
info@mauricelacroix.com
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