Midnight Extraordinary Dial Maki-E
- Case
- White gold
- Movement
- selfwinding Power reserve: 72 h, 21600 variations / hours Functions: Hours, MinutesReference: VCARN 9V600Year: 2010Collection: Cadrans Extraordinaires / Limited Edition to 8 exemplaires \t 72000
- Functions
- Hours, Minutes
- Size
- 42 mm
- Thickness
- 11 mm
- Water resistance
- 20 m
- Reference
- VCARN 9V600
- Price
- 72,000 CHF
Description
Midnight Maki-EThe most beautiful Japanese scenery inspires a limited edition of timepieces for men. In the expert hands of Hakose San, acting as master dial maker for Van Cleef Arpels, several exceptional timepieces bring together the discretion and purity of the Midnight case with the exquisite and delicate precision of lacquer work. Five traditional landscapes, classic sources of inspiration for the masters of lacquer craftsmanship, are presented in a limited edition number of 8 pieces. InspirationThe running waters are inspired from very old designs from the midEdo era. It is obtained by light-colored lacquer. This lacquer was painted on top of the gold powder to get this impression of lightness. Twenty different types of gold powder which have different brilliancy are used, thus expressing the delicacy of the leaves.The Ancient Japanese Art of LacqueringThis unique Japanese art uses various layers of resin to reproduce a drawing in relief entirely realized by hand. The ancestral art passed on generation by generation requires more than hundred different gestures, an extreme patience and a meticulous expertise.
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