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Perseus & Andromeda
A few days ago, Deguiret, an independent brand, which specialises in Swiss Cloisonné Enamel watches, shared these very interesting photos of a wonderful unique piece made for our dear fellow member Roni Madhvani.
This dial is inspired by Persée et Andromède (Perseus and Andromeda), a bronze sculpture created circa 1928–1929 by French sculptor and medalist Raymond Delamarre (1890-1986) and part of the personal collection of Ronak Madhvani.
The sculpture depicts Perseus mounted on his horse Pegasus freeing Andromeda from the sea monster that is trying to devour her.
Each color is enamel, fired multiple times at around 850 °C.
Each contour is formed by a pure gold wire, bent and placed by hand.
The 316L stainless steel case features an 18k gold ring beneath the bezel and measures 37 x 8.6 (including domed sapphire) x 41.42 mm, with a 20 mm lug width.
credit: @deguiret & @roni_m_29 (portrait of Raymond Delamarre: CHU de Nantes)
Huge congratulations to Roni Madhvani and Deguiret for this wonderful timepiece!
Thanks for reading.
Best, Emmanuel
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Perseus & Andromeda
A few days ago, Deguiret , an independent brand, which specialises in Swiss Cloisonné Enamel watches, shared these very interesting photos of a wonderful unique piece made for our dear fellow member Roni Madhvani . This dial is inspired by Persée et Andro...
Congrats to Roni!
this is so exquisite and beautiful. The colours on the horse are stunning.
Absolutely INCREDIBLE Roni! Love the design, and seeing the process to artistically create it.
Perhaps consider submitting this to Horopedia, as perhaps they could help show the world how this artistic dial is hand crafted.
Excellent post showing the steps by which such a piece is made!
That’s incredible that they made this in a steel case👌🏽 Looking at their website, this is a very impressive and unique brand. All their offerings are in steel cases and are art renditions or themes like what Patek does, with additional option for custom o...
This is a beautiful piece of art!
That you can wear! Congratulations to Roni for his beautiful watch. May he enjoy it in great health. René
There is nothing other than awe to feel here.
I’ve been fortunate to see some of this work being done up close, and some of the other handcrafts, and it’s mind blowing. In the ideal, we would all have something like this in the collection.
Agreed, having an artistic handcraft piece provides something special in a collection.
This brand’s work and offerings seem to make this more of a possibility for many. The option to customize makes such a piece truly special.
Supremely impressive 😃👌
With that said, the monster design seems more friendly than terrifying to me 😄😁. Thank you very much for sharing this wonderful pictorial of the process with us. Cheers, Filip
I initially thought of it as a pretty friendly sea-creature....
But perhaps his intention is more akin to the Hippo - super cute from a distance, but get close to it and it becomes the greatest predator on Earth
Aha, yes!
Or maybe the creature is represented already defeated, looking down and dying (?)...
Good point 🤔
I guess that's what good art does - opens up numerous ways for it to be interpreted 😇👍