‘Secret’ watches are my factor. The Hermès Medor is my favorite, however the Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso* is the gold normal.
The story goes {that a} Nineteen Thirties businessman and watch collector was tasked with making a look ahead to polo gamers to put on that may stand up to the tough and tumble of the sport. The outcome was the modern JLC Reverso whose case was engineered to flip over to guard the watch face – and again once more after the sport. 90 years later, there’s a marketplace for mind-bendingly intricate work on that smaller-than-postage-stamp caseback, with restricted editions fashions promoting for €80,000.
Necklaces are an extension of this two-way trick. Final 12 months Hermès introduced out its extraordinarily good-looking clochette Kelly (prime and under) an anonymous-looking field calf or alligator clochette with a Kelly watch peeking out of it secured on a leather-based twine. Van Cleef & Arpels’ traditional Perlée sautoir watch works as a pleasant peekaboo fidgeting gadget, whereas Chanel’s Haute Horlogerie lacquer and beaded pendant* has a diamond-dusted lion’s head concealing the watch face (under). This 12 months, Jaeger-LeCoultre additionally went down the lengthy, lean deco route, with its diamond-dotted and beaded chain dangling a dainty gem-set Reverso watch face (under).
Thus far, so delicate.
However Bulgari takes issues up a complete different stage. Its new Cameo Imperiale secret watch necklace (under) boasts a diamond and brilliant-cut ruby-covered cameo profile of Cleopatra on a diamond-bedazzled rose gold chain, opening to disclose a skeleton watch motion contained in the case. So macho, so decadent, I find it irresistible.
WORDS: Disneyrollergirl / Navaz Batliwalla
IMAGES: Hermès Kelly clochette watch; Bulgari Cameo Imperiale secret watch necklace; Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso secret necklace, Hermès Kelly clochette watch; Chanel Lion watch necklace; Bulgari Cameo Imperiale secret watch necklace
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