The Luxury Maison celebrates the virtuosity and musical legacy of the great Polish composer of the Romantic Era with its latest Donation Pen Special Edition.
As a tribute to one of the great masters of Romantic music, Montblanc has created the Montblanc Donation Pen Homage to Frédéric Chopin, spotlighting his profound cultural influence with delicate design elements celebrating his talent and legacy. The clip of the Montblanc Donation Pen Homage to Frédéric Chopin writing instrument is shaped like a piano hammer to commemorate his oeuvre that was focused on the piano. The cap ring features musical notes from his famous nocturne, “B-flat minor Op.9 No.1” alongside the Montblanc logo while the composer’s signature is laser-engraved on the backside of the pen’s cap. The bi-colour Au 585 solid gold nib is exquisitely decorated with an engraving of Chopin’s profile as well.
The collection is composed of one Special Edition, available as a Fountain Pen, Roller Ball or Ballpoint Pen, presented in a unique gift box that features a notepad enhanced with musical notes from Chopin’s famous “B-flat minor Op.9 No.1”. Montblanc Donation Pens are rooted in the celebration for classical music and supports carefully selected cultural projects through the Montblanc Cultural Foundation with a donation of 20€ for each fountain pen and 10€ for each Rollerball/Ballpoint sold.
Elsa Peretti’s Bean Design Collection takes centre stage once again
In recognition of her notoriously sublime touch in the world of jewelry, Tiffany & Co. reintroduced Elsa Peretti’s signature Bean Design collection created in the 1970s that symbolizes the seed of life and interprets the artisan’s love for the natural organic world as well as fluid and sculptural forms. The new iterations feature hand-cut jade, diamonds, Japanese lacquer and silk and include a pendant with crossed threads of red silk in gold lacquer, and a brooch paved with diamonds on a gold mesh cord. Peretti, a masterful artisan who revolutionized the way women wear jewelry, is a pioneer whose designs were highly praised for their fluid shape and tactile quality. The new releases showcase the organic and timeless beauty of the Peretti’s bean-inspired motif in 18k gold wire and Pavé diamonds. The signature hand-carved green jade, Japanese lacquer and silk are reinterpreted in a new aesthetic statement varying from delicate designs to bold expression crafted from an array of beautiful materials and designs, a testament of a visionary art, timeless in its modernity.
“The day Elsa Peretti became a part of Tiffany & Co. was the day we entered a new era in our history of design and innovation”
~Michael J. Kowalski, former chairman and CEO, Tiffany & Co.
Available in a version especially created for the Middle East, the new timepiece is a subtle fusion of impeccable watchmaking know-how and refined jewelry expression, translating the Maison’s infinite creativity and expertise. “La D De Dior Satine” special edition is a bold yet delicate wristwatch featuring a supple silvered Milanese mesh wristband with a diamond-set yellow gold bezel and crown. The Aragonite dial embraces a delicate pink color which was considered the “sweetest color” according to Mr Dior. This beautiful piece masterfully whisks a bold flexibility with an exhilarating softness and sophistication, merging two eras, the Granville intact vision of the founder and Victoire De Castellane’s reinterpretation of the Maison’s heritage with its multifaceted elegance and femininity.
Frivole collection releases new staggering additions
The flower has always inspired the Maison since the beginning of last century, marking its gracious and poetic inspiration on the brand’s heritage throughout the years. Pre-launching in the Middle East in May 2022, Frivole releases new pieces in colored stones to celebrate Eid Al Fitr, paying tribute to nature’s floral delicacy and phenomenal beauty.
The new releases comprise miniature motifs of bracelets, pendants and earrings in yellow gold with scintillating rubies, and one ring in yellow and rose gold set with emeralds and rubies.
Valued for its timeless elegance, the ruby stone represents love, prosperity, vitality and strength. The Maison’s gemologists taking inspiration from nature and its most magical beauty, meticulously curate and select the stones aligning an impeccable craftsmanship with a modern/timeless aesthetic angle. The emerald, one of the world’s most desirable stone as well, is dearly cherished at Van Cleef & Arpels since decades and stunningly featured in its floral bejeweled garden across the years.
Among the new creations, a polychromatic floral ring that’s made of 5 flowers with ruby hearts and 3 flowers with emerald pistils creating a breathtaking asymmetrical blend of colors, blossoming on yellow and rose gold.
Nature with its ambivalent significance and mysterious beauty remains the Maison’s most powerful inspiration, orchestrated by the flower, Van Cleef & Arpels emblematic signature.
50th Anniversary of the Iconic Timepiece by Mariam Yasin
Audemars Piguet, the Swiss Haute Horlogerie manufacturer, kicks off the 50th anniversary celebration of its iconic Royal Oak – which was officially launched in April 1972 at the Basel Fair – with the reveal of the brand’s first dedicated installation located at the heart of The Dubai Mall in the Fashion Avenue Atrium, where it will stay until 24 April 2022. The first in a series of public immersive sensory experiences and events taking place between April and September in key cities around the world, the edutainment platform offers a journey into the Royal Oak’s multifaceted world through an experiential overview of its 50 years of design and technical innovation.
The awe inspiring Dubai Mall installation invites visitors to dive deep into the Royal Oak’s cultural universe and follow the journey of this timepiece from its first inspirations to its evolving conversation with the larger cultural world. Its 5-decade history is presented through immersive edutainment content inspired by the Royal Oak’s multiple facets, past, present and future, and the daring vision that has animated it since its inception.
“We are delighted to celebrate the Royal Oak’s 50th anniversary with our community and watch lovers worldwide. This icon is 50 years young today! It is this incredible youthful spirit that has driven its evolution since the beginning, keeping it ahead of its time.”
$6.5 Million Towards Five Key Geographies by Mariam Yasin
Tiffany & Co. announces that its $6.5 million support to The Nature Conservancy (TNC), from the historic auction of the first-ever Patek Philippe Ref. 5711 Nautilus watch featuring a Tiffany Blue® dial will accelerate conservation efforts in five key regions facing the dual crises of climate change and biodiversity loss.
The Tiffany & Co. Foundation has supported the preservation of landscapes, seascapes and critical ecosystems for over two decades, which has included grantmaking to The Nature Conservancy. The Foundation has worked with The Nature Conservancy on the effects of mining on salmon fisheries and coral conservation efforts across six various projects since 2007.
The areas that will be supported include Papua New Guinea, Borneo, Indonesia, The Caribbean, Belize’s Maya Forest, and Alaska’s Tongass National Forest. Tiffany & Co. believes that now more than ever—both in these communities and around the world—time is of the essence.
Watchmaking dreams come true at Watches and Wonders 2022 by Mariam Yasin
Timepieces
Lady Arpels Heures Florales and Lady Arpels Heures Florales Cerisier
Drawing inspiration from the Swedish botanist Carl Von Linné in which he wrote about a garden plan made up of a variety of plants, whose flowers open and close at specific moments of the day to show the time, Van Cleef & Arpels has taken up this magical idea to bring two brand-new creations into being: the Lady Arpels Heures Florales and Lady Arpels Heures Florales Cerisier watches. Their three-dimensional dial offers a poetic rendition of the passage of time, thanks to the opening and closing of 12 corollas. Telling the time becomes a spectacle, as the flowers blossom and close, renewing the dial’s scenery every 60 minutes.
To bring the dial to life, up to 166 elements are set in motion. With each passing hour, the open flowers close to make way for a new combination. The next day, the sequence of the bouquets that succeed one another from hour to hour will be different.
Lady Arpels Ballerines Enchantées
Originally created in 2013, this year Van Cleef & Arpels reinvents the Lady Arpels Ballerines Enchantées in two new pieces suffused with grace and modernity, one in white and the other in rose gold. The dancer’s graceful silhouette has been revisited, with her posture taking on a slender and dynamic attitude, while her tutu unfurl in new materials and colors. Depicting a dancer part woman and part butterfly, these crea-tions follow in the footsteps of the ballerinas and fairies so dear to the Maison. On demand, the figure indicates the hours and minutes by raising its arms.
Lady Duo de Lions and Lady Duo de Lapins
On the dial of the Lady Duo de Lions watch, in the foreground, a couple of lions is in-tricately sculpted in relief from white and yellow gold, with particular attention to the three-dimensional volume of the silhouettes and their polished coats. At their feet, a surface of diamonds and pink sapphires contrasts with a background of turquoise and onyx marquetry, traversed by round diamonds that suggest the shimmer of water in the sun. Depicted in mirror-polished and guilloché rose gold, the latter emerges from behind clouds of white mother-of-pearl.
The new Lady Duo de Lapins’ sculpture on mother-of- pearl brings to life a pair of rabbits, exchanging tender glances. Around them, a garden of emeralds, tsavorite garnets and pink sapphires is home to vegetation in plique-à-jour enamel. The sun – in guilloché and mirror-polished rose gold – spreads intense reflections, while a cloud in lapis lazuli adds to the tableau’s impression of depth.
Extraordinary Objects
Renowned for its High Jewelry savoir-faire, Van Cleef & Arpels has been prominent in a lesser-known field since its foundation in 1906: objects that create a sense of enchantment and surprise.
Planétarium automaton
Distinguished by its impressive dimensions, the Planétarium automaton presents the Sun and many of the planets of its system visible from the Earth: Mercury, Venus, the Earth – accompanied by its satellite, the Moon –, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.
Fontaine aux Oiseaux automaton
Combining on-demand animation and a retrograde time display, Fontaine aux Oiseaux automaton offers a double spectacle. On the side of the base, a feather moves progressively along the time scale. Once it reaches 12 o’clock, it returns to its point of departure to repeat its journey for the next half-day.
Rêveries de Berylline automaton
Some 30 centimeters high, the Rêveries de Berylline automaton presents a flower that blooms to reveal a fine winged creature. A flower born in an imaginary garden animates on demand, opening its petals to unveil a hummingbird ready to take flight.
Novelties at Watches and Wonders 2022 by Mariam Yasin
The Unveiled Secret Minerva Monopusher Chronograph
The new Montblanc Minerva Monopusher Chronograph Limited Edition not only features an iconic hand-wound MB 16.29 movement with all its meticulous hand-finishing, but the movement has been flipped over to display all the incredible mechanical action on the dial side of the watch.There are two limited editions of 18 and 58 pieces, in Lime Gold with a green alligator leather strap with grey stitching and stainless steel featuring a white gold fluted bezel and a blue alligator leather strap with blue stitching. Both come in a case side of 43mm and are fitted with a fluted bezel, the sign of an exceptional Montblanc timepiece.
Montblanc 1858 Minerva Monopusher Chronograph Red Arrow LE88
This stunning limited edition of 88 pieces features key elements from the past include a fluted bezel, this time in 18K white gold – for easy use with pilots’ gloves – and the Maison’s signature red arrow that allowed a quick and easy reading of elapsed time. A jet-black dial is enhanced with beige Super-LumiNova® hands and Arabic numerals glowing green in low light. There is also a telemeter scale that runs around the outside of the dial – a typical feature of these legendary chronographs – as well as a tachymeter (base 1000) in the centre of the dial in a colimaçon snail shape.
1858 Geosphere Chronograph 0 Oxygen LE290
This “Zero Oxygen” timepiece, limited to 290 pieces, comes with a zero oxygen certificate that attests to the fact that the watch has been successfully encased without oxygen and also undergoes the Maison’s unforgiving 500-hour test. The new complication is powered by Montblanc’s brand-new MB 29.27 automatic chronograph movement that comes with a central chronograph seconds hand, 30-minute chronograph in a sub dial at three o’clock, and chronograph hour at nine o’clock. In May this year, World Record holder Nimsdai will undertake an expedition to the summit of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen while wearing the Montblanc 1858 Geosphere Chronograph 0 Oxygen LE290 on his wrist to put the timepiece through the test.
Montblanc 1858 Iced Sea Automatic Date
Looking at the “frozen” dial of Montblanc’s first ever certified diving watch is like diving through the ice into the glacial waters beneath, reproducing the texture of ice that have been frozen in time for millennia. The Montblanc 1858 Iced Sea Automatic Date comes in a 41mm stainless steel case with a bicolour ceramic unidirectional rotating bezel and a case back featuring a 3D relief engraving of an iceberg and a scuba diver exploring the glacial waters below. This timepiece comes in three different dial colours – blue, green, and black – each one representing different colours of glacial ice from around the world.
Montblanc 1858 GMT
With a 42 mm stainless steel case in a choice of a black or blue sunray dial adorned with blue luminescent hands and indexes, the Montblanc 1858 GMT watch function shows the time in two different places at the same time. Where most GMT timepieces indicate the second time zone with an additional hand, the new Montblanc 1858 GMT model presents its GMT indication without hands that is very intuitive and highly legible. This ingenious system indicates the second time zone with a red square that moves around the outside of the dial.
New launches at Watches and Wonders 2022 by Mariam Yasin
L.U.C Full Strike Sapphire
To mark the 25th anniversary of its L.U.C collection, Chopard has created a peerless transparent five-piece sapphire limited edition timepiece, along with revolutionising the minute repeater for the second time in five years. In addition to the gongs of the L.U.C 08.01-L chronometer-certified calibre, the entire case, crown and dial of this new L.U.C Full Strike Sapphire model are cut from blocks of sapphire. Measuring 42.5 mm in diameter and totally transparent, it offers a 360-degree view of a movement with outstanding finishes. This entire horological prodigy bears the Poinçon de Genève quality hallmark, a first for a non-metallic timepiece.
L.U.C Full Strike Tourbillon
Available in 20-piece limited edition in ethical 18-carat rose gold, The L.U.C Haute Horlogerie collection has been enriched with a new technical prodigy, as this L.U.C Full Strike model adds a tourbillon with a sapphire bridge to the monobloc sapphire minute repeater inherent to the L.U.C Full Strike series. This 42.5 mm timepiece in ethical 18-carat rose gold is equipped with the new chronometer-certified L.U.C 08.02-L movement. Earning the Poinçon de Genève quality hallmark, its dial, in ruthenium grey-coloured hand-guilloché rose gold, opens to reveal the two complications.
L.U.C Strike One
With this 25-piece limited edition in ethical 18-carat rose gold, Chopard is showcasing the expertise developed with its L.U.C Full Strike minute repeater on a new generation of watches with a striking mechanism. The L.U.C Strike One model chimes at the passing of each hour, on a Chopard-patented monobloc sapphire of which the acoustics have received the artistic endorsement of virtuosos Renaud and Gautier Capuçon. Equipped with the new L.U.C 96.32-L movement, this refined 40 mm-diameter timepiece in ethical 18-carat rose gold is chronometer-certified and bears the Poinçon de Genève quality hallmark. Its solid gold ruthenium grey dial is hand-guilloché with a honeycomb motif.
IMPERIALE Flying Tourbillon
Presenting the incredible eight-piece limited edition, the IMPERIALE collection created in 1994 welcomes its first-ever flying tourbillon movement – L.U.C Calibre 96.24-C. Entirely designed and crafted by Chopard, this exclusive mechanism bears both the Chronometer-certification and the Poinçon de Genève quality hallmark. Framed by an ethical 18-carat white gold case set with diamonds, the aventurine dial is ‘embroidered’ with a mother-of-pearl marquetry lotus blossom with the stunning flying tourbillon nestled within.
Red Carpet Collection
‘Chopard Loves Cinema’ is the theme chosen by Chopard to mark its activities at the 75th Cannes Film Festival, which corresponds to the jeweller’s 25th participation as an official partner. The Chopard Haute Joaillerie collection features its renown jewellery watches – two timepieces are enjoying a preview presentation in the Red Carpet Collection: one entirely set with rosettes of diamonds and pink, yellow and orange sapphires, and the other combining diamonds with exquisite heart-shaped rubies.
L’Heure du Diamant
With L’Heure du Diamant, Chopard masterfully captures the beauty of the majestic diamond. The collection is now enriched by a 26 mm-diameter jewellery watch in ethical gold, richly set with diamonds and fitted with a link bracelet. Powered by a mechanical manual-winding movement, this talisman timepiece bears witness to the energy emerging from a perfect alchemist’s blend of form and matter.
Happy Sport Métiers d’Art
Chopard celebrates its love of life through three exceptional watches issued in eight-piece limited editions while honouring three animal species that are well worth preserving. Equipped with Chopard Calibre 96.23-L with its 65-hour power reserve, crafted from ethical gold, magnificently hand-decorated and entirely set with sparkling gems, they are the quintessence of all existing codes of excellence in both watchmaking and jewellery. The animal ‘mobiles’ perform their weightless dance with unprecedented grace and elasticity, adding more life than ever to the show staged on the dials.
Happy Sport Chrono
A critically acclaimed feminine watchmaking icon regularly interpreted since its creation through a multitude of daring designs, the Happy Sport has been reinvented in a new chronograph version. Sporty by nature and ethical in essence, this daring 40 mm-diameter watch has an elegant blue leather strap while its seven dancing diamonds swirl around its sophisticated dial.
Celebrating the mysteries of the cosmos by Mariam Yasin
This year Jaeger-LeCoultre embarks on a Stellar Odyssey, paying homage to the celestial events that have always fascinated and inspired the watchmakers of the Manufacture.
Atmos Hybris Mechanica Calibre 590
The outstanding mechanism of Atmos Hybris Mechanica Calibre 590 brings an entirely new dimension to the Atmos – the unique perpetual clock that runs on air – displaying, in three dimensions and in real time, the relative positions and movements of Earth, the Moon and the Sun. With more than four years of research and development, the Atmos Hybris Mechanica Calibre 590 is the most complex Atmos clock ever created.
Atmos Infinite
Jaeger-LeCoultre opens a refreshing new chapter in this story with an entirely new design of this fascinating clock, presenting the Atmos Infinite. Viewed from every angle, the mechanism seems to float freely within its cylindrical glass cabinet thanks to almost-invisible supports.
Grande Complication Calibre 945
The brand proudly presents its Grande Complication Calibre 945 with two magnificent new interpretations for 2022: Master Hybris Artistica Calibre 945 Galaxia in pink gold and Master Hybris Artistica Calibre 945 Atomium in white gold. Each these new works celebrate La Grande Maison’s artistic creativity and mastery and offered in a limited edition of five pieces.
Master Grande Tradition Calibre 948
Jaeger-LeCoultre presents a breathtaking new artistic interpretation of the Universal Time: Master Grande Tradition Calibre 948. This creative new expression of the world-time complication unites artistry and technical prowess. Taking over 70 hours to produce, multiple skills from the Manufacture’s Métiers Rares® atelier are brought together to create the domed, open-worked and enamelled dial.
Polaris Perpetual Calendar
With a deep gradient-blue lacquer dial amplifying its sporty-elegant style, the Polaris Perpetual Calendar takes its aesthetic inspiration from the Polaris Mariner Memovox. Its newly developed, in-house movement, Jaeger-LeCoultre Calibre 868AA provides a beautiful display of the moon phases in both hemispheres.
Rendez-Vous Dazzling Star
Jaeger-LeCoultre invents an entirely new complication that captures the mystery and unpredictability of shooting stars with the Rendez-Vous Dazzling Star. The new automatic Jaeger-LeCoultre Calibre 734 reminisces on the random nature of shooting stars with the precisely calibrated rhythms of timekeeping.
Rendez-Vous Star
The Rendez-Vous Star recreates this enchanting celestial phenomenon on the wrist, thanks to an entirely new mechanism conceived and developed within the Manufacture. Activated by movement, the shooting star appears on the dial magically at random moments.
