Five Extremely Rare Timepieces You’ll Find at WatchTime New York 2018
WatchTime New York, America’s luxury watch show, kicks off this Friday at Gotham Hall in Manhattan, and for many watch aficionados it may be their first and perhaps only chance to check out these extraordinarily rare timepieces from five of the 31 exhibiting watch brands ? all made in an edition of 20 or less.
Ateliers de Monaco Jet d’Eau de Genève (18 pieces each in rose gold and white gold)
Ateliers de Monaco DeMonaco Jet d’Eau de Genève
The Monaco-based haute horlogerie brand marks its 10th anniversary with this timepiece, whose multi-layered, miniature-painted enamel dial depicts Geneva?s Jet d?Eau, the famous water jet that has become one of the Swiss city?s most iconic symbols. In creating the dial, the brand used three different enamel layering techniques including cloisonné, which connects the white gold base plate to the first layer via creating small compartments in the gold and then filling them with the enamel; the champlevé technique, in which small holes are bored in the first layer of enamel to add additional layers and colors; and finally, grand feu to finish the dial and give it different color gradients. Each dial required at least fifty hours of expert labor to produce, and due to the complexity of production, each is unique in its various blue, green, and white enameling. For more on these pieces, offered in both rose-gold and white-gold cases, click here. Grand Seiko U.S. Exclusive Limited Edition (20 pieces in platinum)
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