Independents

Hi friends! So some time ago I commissioned a group of embroidery artists to create a silk dial of Suzhou embroidery (suxiu) out of my own personal design for installation into a piece unique watch. The design was to be painstakingly hand-stitched in silk...  

To finished watch. Cheers Steve

Based on the photos, I prefer number 1 given the vibrancy of the colors. Perhaps it is due to lighting, clarity level and angle of the photo, number 1 does seem to have stronger yellow lines outlining the flowers and these brighter lines bring more life t... 

Thanks 21EP, Amanico and GLau! I decided to go with dial number 3, agreeing that the eyes of the swallows look brighter and sharper in that dial. The brighter looks of Dial 1 is due to the photography; it looks similar to the other two. Haha, I do prefer ... 

Another two weeks! Now to decide.. blue or brown alligator strap? ...  

All 3 are awesome. Simply beautiful. But I will choose no.1 piece due to its more lively and brighter colour. Are both side of the dials identical? This is the speciality of suxiu. Regards Ling

I think no 1 looks livelier because of the photography. In person I think they're the same, and I chose no 3. Nope, only the dial side is embroidered. It wouldn't make much sense to embroider the underneath, especially when it has to be mated to the sterl... 

the blue strap matches the white case and blue hands very well, while the brown strap complements the colors in the embroidery dial better. I would suggest to use the blue strap as version one of this watch, and use brown strap (with another piece of embr... 

I agree totally with you. I think that's a great idea to use both dials in different metals. Thankfully these watches are affordable enough (I paid around 5k each)! By the way, I saw an enamel dragon dial just like the one in your Nardin being done. It lo... 

... you have all three metals, white, rose and yellow and use all three embroidery pieces !! Do you have photos for the dragon dial ??

I'm not sure I'm that enamoured with the dial to have all three in three different watches! ;) After all I'm going to get 3 more enamel watches - cloisonné, micro carving, and micro painting (what the Swiss call the Geneva technique). Along with this Suzh... 

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So after several months from conception of my bespoke design, to the completion of the intricately hand-stitched embroidered dial, my Suzhou embroidery watch is finally finished! Enjoy the scans and let me know what you think of the watch! ...  

With white metal, I prefer the blue strap (in your earlier post) Enjoy !! When do we get to see the other enamel dials ??