Cartier's intricate dials need a closer look
By Carol Besler
Cartier's loaded record like a maker of beautiful jewelry replica watches has not been subordinated in favor of difficult pieces witnessed before this yr through the Geneva SIHH (see April iW, pp 102-104). This year's extensive collection of higher jewellery parts stand for a playful array of enchanting animals, which include monkeys, crocodiles, panthers, sea turtles, cockatoos and lizards, all rendered by hand. One from the most intriguing is actually a Ballon Bleu by using a dial depicting a monkey designed with 8 shades of champleve grand feu enamel. It can be also established with 225 cognac-colored diamonds.
While in the D'Art Rotonde de Cartier number of metiers replica watches, this year's masterpieces involve a dial using a turtle motif crafted in stone mosaic set with 1,167 personal parts cut from ten different sorts of unique minerals, such as onyx , tiger's eye, falcon's eye, yellow pietersite and coral. The dial, produced by grasp gemsetter Olivier Vaucher, took sixty hrs to craft.
Another dial bremont watches , depicting a grizzly bear, is actually a perform of marquetry, product of inlaid unique woods from ten various species. There is certainly also a spectacular polar bear rendered in plique-a-jour paillonne enamel—enamel with no backing which is put amongst metal borders
, while in the model of stained-glass windows. On these pages we provide a close-up look at of Cartier's complex dial design, focusing on various pieces with this year's assortment.