Van Cleef & Arpels presents its new Lady Arpels “Casse-Noisette” timepiece. This watch resembles a magnificent painting on your wrist, featuring a dial intricately designed with 70 vibrant colors and detailed enameling techniques. A ballet of precious and ornamental stones combining diamonds, colored sapphires, blue tourmalines, onyx, sugilite, and lapis lazuli recreates the poetry of a waking dream.
First performed in 1892, Marius Petipa’s Casse-Noisette (Nutcracker) can be traced back to the original German fairytale by Romanticism extraordinaire Hoffmann. Petipa’s ballet sees its ballerina’s dreams carried by Tchaikovsky’s sparkling and colorful score.
Meanwhile, on this piece, she and her prince, with faces of rose-cut diamonds, are adorned with miniature painted costumes accompanying their movements. The two figures seem to come to life against a winter landscape of tart hues. This tableau emerges from the convergence of High Jewelry and métiers d’art skills mastered at the Van Cleef & Arpels Watchmaking Workshops in Geneva.
Lady Arpels Casse-Noisette Watch
- Movement: Manual Winding, 40-hour power reserve
- Functions: Hours, minutes
- Case: 41mm white gold case with round diamonds
- Dial: White gold, rose gold, coloured sapphires, blue tourmalines, diamonds, sugilite, onyx, lapis lazuli, plique-à-jour, champlevé, sealed and shaped enamel, enamels beads, miniature painting
- Strap: Blue alligator leather
- Availability: Limited to three pieces
