Excalibur Lady of the Lake Hawthorn Watch RDDBEX1196

Under the sign of the Hawthorn

A legend in bloom

On this creation, a hawthorn blooms in white mother-of-pearl and red sapphires over 147 diamonds, inside a 36 mm pink gold case worked like a ring. The plant is the hawthorn of Brocéliande, the one that hides Viviane. It looks slight and offers cover all the same, and its thorns draw the frontier between the human world and the realm of magic.

The Lady of the Lake, who learned magic from Merlin and placed Excalibur in Arthur's hands, finds a third portrait here, poetic and protective.

A jewel

The case was drawn as an ornament, its diamond-studded ring rising towards the crown the way a gem sits on a band. A 36 mm feminine creation with a mechanical heart, worn on crimson alligator.

Case

Thirty-six millimetres of pink gold, worked like a ring: a band of diamonds circles the case body, climbs towards the crown and meets the fluted bezel, where polished edges catch the light against satin-brushed surfaces. Ninety-five stones in all, close to 1.3 carats.

Dial

Hawthorn flowers chiselled from white mother-of-pearl, pear-cut scarlet sapphires for the haws, a pink gold center set with 147 diamonds. At six o'clock, a single flower turns with the seconds.

Case back

Through the sapphire case back, the RD830 automatic caliber: 183 components, 48 hours of power reserve, an open-worked oscillating weight in 22K gold.

A garden set in precious stones

Diamond, sapphires, mother-of-pearl

The flowers unfurl in white mother-of-pearl, each sculpted in three dimensions, each holding a diamond pistil between polished gold stamens. The haws are sapphires cut in pear shapes, the berry red the fruit takes in October. Beneath them, 147 diamonds cover the pink gold center. The two-sided flange, azuré on top and opaline on its slope, and the raised pink gold markers complete the tableau.

Drawn like a jewel

Métiers d'arts

The case was drawn as an ornament and finished like one. Ninety-five diamonds, close to 1.3 carats, follow the fluted bezel, the two inclined lugs and the ring that circles the case body and rises towards the crown, where the emblem of the Maison sits under a transparent lacquer. Four finishes share the pink gold, shot-blasted, satin-brushed in straight and circular strokes, and polished on the edges. Each stone, on the case as on the dial, is chosen by the gemologists of the Manufacture and set by hand.

Automatic caliber

RD830

Developed and assembled at the Manufacture in Geneva, the RD830 drives the hours, minutes and small seconds. Its 183 components carry Côtes de Genève and snailing on the plate, and the open-worked oscillating weight is cut from 22K gold. The ornamental work continues where the dial ends. Power reserve: 48 hours.