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LOVE STORIES
VAN CLEEF & ARPELS
Love Stories High Jewellery watches, inspired by mythical lovers such as Romeo & Juliet, Aïda & Radamès, Philèmon & Baucis. The stories are so evocative and the watches/bracelets are spectacular.
AÏDA & RADAMÈS
Two precious bracelets tell the story of Radames, a young Egyptian commander who falls under the spell of Aida, an Ethiopian princess. On each of the watches, slender curves in mirror-polished gold evoke the hot dunes that lie alongside the Nile in Egypt. The river is represented by the shades of blue sapphires, owing around the wrist in thin bands. At the center of the pieces oats a lotus of colored gems, hard stones and diamonds, crowned by a Madagascan sapphire. The two sapphires – a blue one of 5.59 carats and a pink one of 5.93 carats – pay homage to the lovers’ hearts, beating in unison.
The Maison’s High Jewelry expertise combines with watchmaking savoirfaire to reveal a sliding dial beneath the central motif, adorned with fine stone marquetry. Lapis lazuli and white mother-of-pearl or lapis lazuli and turquoise form a pattern of interlaced shes. Set with diamonds, one of them indicates twelve o’clock, like a precious rendez-vous.