Independents

Hi all,

Recently had a chance to view this piece from a friend Like to share a few photos with you guys. Truely a work of art, Maki-e art to be precise, by a Japanese Maki-e master....and this one is a symbol of longevity, TsuruKame (Crane and Turtle) unique to 1 piece only.

Note the 3 mother of pearl

Under different lighting....note the texture and detail on the body of the turtle and crane. Simply impressive.

We'd often seen skeleton dials, enamel dials, guilloche dials but very seldom do we see a Maki-e dial. I find this to be very unique and will be a great addition to any collectors' watch collection. It just instantly turn the watch into an artpiece imho. Great idea by Speake Marin

Thanks for looking.

 

 

 

Regards

Jacky

 

 

 

Fr.Xavier

This one is even more unique! Just afraid of nightmares at night Thanks for sharing!

The Piccadilly is a lovely watch on itself already but with this dial it's amazing. The Crane and the Turtle are made so beautiful.
Thanx for sharing.

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He doesn't do the dial work himself, but Peter is a great judge of beauty with a unique talent for identifying and reeling in the skills of others to complement the beauty of his watches.

I wonder whether this piece has the PSM in-house movement powering it. What an incredible treasure that would be.

Cheers
Tony P

The Turtle&Crane does not house the new in house PSM movement. Thanks for the kind words

 

 

 

Regards

I also agree, this is the most beautiful Maki-e I've seen by Speake-Marin. Master artist Mushu must be very proud of his creation. Such a pity that he chose only to create one piece.

So you know about this range by PSM...not many appreciate Maki-e dials or perhaps not many have known about it since very very few watches have them as dial, in fact PSM is the first fine watch that i know of that has a Maki-e dial, apart from some LE Credor.

I do not know the exact reason to this unique 1/1 piece concept...perhaps its difficult to make or impossible to have the same exact motive on couple of different dials, it took at least 3 months to complete one dial of this. And maybe, for one-of-a-kind purpose, it actually creates some exclusivity to person who admires them. I'd always love turtles so this piece definitely have some special sentimental value for me. And Turtle and Crane are symbols of Longevity for many Asians. Some items are just not meant to be mass produce i guess...and i think this is one of it

Just my 2c of course. Thanks for looking

 

 

Regards

 

And for bringing to my attention that Credor also has Maki-e dials. I'm going to do more research about those watches soon.

It's very difficult to recreate Maki-e; the pen companies have a hard time replicating each maki-e painting and I think they do use a template. Some artists will refuse to use a template instead choosing to do things completely by hand and memory. Thus, it would be impossible to make an exact replica of a previous Maki-e painting without a template. Maybe this artist simply didn't use a template and thus only made one piece.

Being from an Asian background, I truly appreciate the mythical creatures of the orient. Phoenix, dragons, turtles, etc. So this particular dial did hold some meaning for someone of my standing.

Thanks again Jacky for sharing!

This is a true beautiful work of art; absolutely beautiful dial. Tremendously and stupendously beautiful. I like this dial!