When the wearer pushes a button at 8 o’clock, two wing-like veils on the dancer’s tutu lift up and point to the correct hour (on the left) and minute (right) on two retrograde arcs. The veils remain suspended for four seconds, then lower to their original position.
The watch ($141,000) is part of the brand’s Poetic Complication series, which features complicated watches that carry ro- mantic or fantasy themes.
Van Cleef introduced several other fanciful watches, all with painstakingly crafted dials with whimsical pictures. Among them are new Charms Extraordinaires watches, which have small charms dangling from their bezels.
The one shown here, the Muguet, is set with diamonds and yellow sapphires. The movement is quartz. The background of the fairy painting is sculpted mother-of-pearl.
The watch is a limited edition of 22 pieces ($75,000).
There are also new series of butterfly- and kite-motif watches. The strawberry- and-butterfly watch shown here, called Papillon Rouge Gourmand ($113,000), incorporates three types of enameling.
The kite watch, Cerf-Volant Cyan ($92,000), features a miniature painting on a sculpted mother-of-pearl background. Both have mechanical movements and are being made in limited series of 22 pieces.
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