Suzhou Embroidery Art Watch
- Category
- Artistic Crafts
- Case
- Steel
- Movement
- Quartz
- Functions
- Hours
- Size
- ø 36 mm
- Thickness
- 9.35 mm
- Water resistance
- 30 m
- Reference
- CIGA Design Heritage Collection-Suzhou Embroidery Art Watch
- Price
- 6,800 CHF
Description
A ladies' timepiece that masterfully integrates Suzhou Embroidery—China's Intangible Cultural Heritage—with contemporary watchmaking artistry. On the dial, embroidered Suzhou blossoms are crowned by two floating diamonds, serving as hour and minute hands.
As the foremost of China's Four Great Embroideries, Suzhou Embroidery boasts a 2,000-year legacy. CIGA Design collaborated with state-certified inheritors of this intangible cultural heritage to hand-stitch botanically precise floral motifs within the confined dial space. Using silk threads as fine as human hair, artisans transformed traditional two-dimensional embroidery into a three-dimensional temporal landscape.
The"Floating Diamond Hands" are suspended by near-invisible transparent panels, maintaining a precise 0.3mm gap above the embroidered surface. This engineering marvel achieves both an illusion of weightless levitation and exact timekeeping functionality.
The case features hidden lugs and rail-style gem setting, epitomizing minimalist contemporary design.
This timepiece reinterprets Chinese cultural heritage through unprecedented craftsmanship—symbolizing the innovative renaissance of ancient artistry within modern horology.
The embroidery dial was handcrafted by Yao Silk, an intangible cultural heritage atelier in Suzhou, China.
Supplied by the brand to the GPHG for its entry.