The Richemon Tree: A Playful Look at Watch Brands
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The Richemon Tree: A Playful Look at Watch Brands

By Hororgasm · Nov 22, 2012 · 24 replies
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Hororgasm presents a whimsical, allegorical exploration of the Richemont Group's diverse portfolio of luxury watch brands, personifying them as 'fruits' from the 'Richemon Tree.' This creative narrative invites readers to identify and appreciate the distinct characteristics of each brand, from Schaffhausen's 'Big Prune' to Geneva's 'Maltese Cross' variant, fostering a playful discussion among collectors.

Its fruit is available all year round, and its a widely popular across all nationalities. The Richemon tree is found mostly all over Switzerland, but some variants of it can be found in Tuscany, Italy and Saxony, Germany. Swiss variants from different cantons and regions have their distinct taste too. A variant from Schaffhausen region call the Big Prune, for some reason create a sense of light weight and flying, and a limited edition of the Big Prune, called the Top Gunner sells for twice the price of the regular variant. Another popular Swiss variant, aptly called the Reversible, is from the region of Le Sentier, where the fruit has two faces and can be twisted around. It achieve fame when Queen Elizabeth consumed it during her coronation. The oldest variant comes from the Geneva canton, is famous throughout the world with its Maltese Cross logo. Fruits from Geneva canton also then to carry the infamous Geneva seal, an set of 12 criteria required to issuance of this seal of quality. For example, visible face of the fruit must be smooth and polished, stem heads must be circular grained etc. Fans across the world sometimes often becomes fanatics of their favorite fruit variant, and are known to form clubs/groups, and even internet forums dedicated to their favorite variant. Richemon tree farmers hold an annual fair in Geneva, usually in January/February of every year, SIHH...Salon International Haute Horticulture. New variants or strains are announced to a enamouring worldwide audience. A popular website, called FruitistPro, is often used by eager fans worldwide to access the latest news and variants announcements. 


do you have any favorite variant?


best, Horo





This message has been edited by Hororgasm on 2012-11-22 13:07:29

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aaronm
Nov 22, 2012

or is this some sort of strange pumpkin-based hallucination..... Whatever it is, in accordance with the New York Times, I proscribe eels! :) A

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andrewluff
Nov 22, 2012

The wine must have been free flowing at that Panerai event! Will have to read that several more times before I can deciper the secret code written into it! Cheers Andrew

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Hororgasm
Nov 22, 2012

eels???!!! best, Horo

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moc
Nov 22, 2012

I love your attitude,,, bad bad boy Mo

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Mark in Paris
Nov 22, 2012

... is what we say in France. RichemonT's fruits should be covered by medicare ;)

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Sandgroper
Nov 22, 2012

Salon International Haute Horticulture...very good:). Cheers, Francois

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