APHRODITE & ADONIS
This High Jewelry watch is inspired by the tale of Aphrodite – the Greek goddess of love – and Adonis, her handsome lover. After the young man is fatally wounded on a hunting expedition, Aphrodite goes to his side to be present at his last breath. The goddess’s tears of sorrow drop onto the wound, bringing a delicate anemone into fl ower.
On the bracelet, the bonds of love that unite the protagonists are represented by interlaced diamond-set motifs. A gradation of blue sapphires echoes Aphrodite’s tears, and appears to be bringing a flower of pink and mauve sapphires into bloom. The interplay of colors and complex three-dimensional volumes combine, in a realistic depiction of unfurling petals. With a circular motion, one of them opens to reveal a dial, in white and gray mother-of-pearl marquetry.