THE ARCEAU WRISTWATCH IMAGINED IN 1978 BY HENRI D'ORIGNY LENDS ITSELF IDEALLY TO A POCKET-WATCH VERSION. ITS ASYMMETRICAL ATTACHMENT AND ITS LUGS NATURALLY INVITE A CORD-STRAP FIXED TO THE ARCH LIKE STIRRUP LEATHER TO A STIRRUP, THUS EVOKING THE SADDLE AND HARNESS MAKING ORIGINS OF HERMES. WHETHER IN A TROUSER OR JACKET POCKET, THE MANNER OF WEARING THE ARCEAU POCKET FURTHER ACCENTUATES THE INNATE CLASSIC CHIC OF THE ORIGINAL WATCH DESIGN. THE ARCEAU POCKET PROMENADE DE LONGCHAMP INTRODUCES A NEW DIAL THAT IS A TRUE WORK OF ART SCULPTURE FROM A BLOCK OF NATURAL MOTHER OF PEARL. IT DEPICTS AN EQUESTRIAN SCENE USING A RELIEF MODELING TECHNIQUE: THE CARRIAGE, HORSES AND PROTAGONISTS ARE THEMSELVES ENGRAVED ON TWO SUPERIMPOSED GOLD PLATES. THE PERSPECTIVE LINES, THE VARIOUS PLANES AND THE DEPTH OF FIELD, UNDERSCORED BY THE THIRD DIMENSION OF THE CREATION, INSTILL A DISTINCT SENSE OF LIFE AND MOVEMENT. THE MOTIF EVOKES THE CENTRAL DETAIL OF THE PROMENADE DE LONGCHAMP SILK CARRE DESIGNED BY PHILIPPE LEDOUX IN 1965. THE WHITE GOLD 43.2mm CASE AND SHIMMERING GREY-BLUE MOTHER OF PEARL DIAL RADIATE A SENSE OF DIAPHANOUS HARMONY THAT MAKES A STRIKING CONTRAST WITH THE CORD-STRAP AND POUCH IN MATT HAVANA ALLIGATOR LEATHER.

HERMES ARCEAU POCKET PROMENADE DE LONGCHAMP

THE ARCEAU WRISTWATCH IMAGINED IN 1978 BY HENRI D'ORIGNY LENDS ITSELF IDEALLY TO A POCKET-WATCH VERSION. ITS ASYMMETRICAL ATTACHMENT AND ITS LUGS NATURALLY INVITE A CORD-STRAP FIXED TO THE ARCH LIKE STIRRUP LEATHER TO A STIRRUP, THUS EVOKING THE SADDLE AND HARNESS MAKING ORIGINS OF HERMES. WHETHER IN A TROUSER OR JACKET POCKET, THE MANNER OF WEARING THE ARCEAU POCKET FURTHER ACCENTUATES THE INNATE CLASSIC CHIC OF THE ORIGINAL WATCH DESIGN. THE ARCEAU POCKET PROMENADE DE LONGCHAMP INTRODUCES A NEW DIAL THAT IS A TRUE WORK OF ART SCULPTURE FROM A BLOCK OF NATURAL MOTHER OF PEARL. IT DEPICTS AN EQUESTRIAN SCENE USING A RELIEF MODELING TECHNIQUE: THE CARRIAGE, HORSES AND PROTAGONISTS ARE THEMSELVES ENGRAVED ON TWO SUPERIMPOSED GOLD PLATES. THE PERSPECTIVE LINES, THE VARIOUS PLANES AND THE DEPTH OF FIELD, UNDERSCORED BY THE THIRD DIMENSION OF THE CREATION, INSTILL A DISTINCT SENSE OF LIFE AND MOVEMENT. THE MOTIF EVOKES THE CENTRAL DETAIL OF THE PROMENADE DE LONGCHAMP SILK CARRE DESIGNED BY PHILIPPE LEDOUX IN 1965. THE WHITE GOLD 43.2mm CASE AND SHIMMERING GREY-BLUE MOTHER OF PEARL DIAL RADIATE A SENSE OF DIAPHANOUS HARMONY THAT MAKES A STRIKING CONTRAST WITH THE CORD-STRAP AND POUCH IN MATT HAVANA ALLIGATOR LEATHER.

HERMES ARCEAU POCKET PROMENADE DE LONGCHAMP

HARRY WINSTON HAS RECENTLY RELEASED A STUNNING NEW ELEGANT WATCH FOR WOMEN AS PART OF THEIR LATEST COLLECTION. THE PREMIER BIJOU HAS BEEN REINTERPRETED AND MASTER CRAFTED TO FOCUS ON THE NATURE OF HARRY WINSTON'S DESIGN AND THE CONSTANT CREATIVITY INVOLVED WITH ITS GEMSTONE EXPERTISE. THE WATCH HAS THREE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY ONE DIAMONDS WHICH WEIGH A TOTAL OF TWO POINT FOUR CARATS WITH A DIAL CONSISTING OF SMALL UNIQUE DIAMONDS BECOMING LARGER AS THE CENTER IS REACHED

HARRY WINSTON PREMIER BIJOU

HARRY WINSTON HAS RECENTLY RELEASED A STUNNING NEW ELEGANT WATCH FOR WOMEN AS PART OF THEIR LATEST COLLECTION. THE PREMIER BIJOU HAS BEEN REINTERPRETED AND MASTER CRAFTED TO FOCUS ON THE NATURE OF HARRY WINSTON'S DESIGN AND THE CONSTANT CREATIVITY INVOLVED WITH ITS GEMSTONE EXPERTISE. THE WATCH HAS THREE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY ONE DIAMONDS WHICH WEIGH A TOTAL OF TWO POINT FOUR CARATS WITH A DIAL CONSISTING OF SMALL UNIQUE DIAMONDS BECOMING LARGER AS THE CENTER IS REACHED

HARRY WINSTON PREMIER BIJOU

THE SALE OF FINE WATCHES AT SOTHEBY'S LONDON SAW A RARE GOLD AND ENAMEL BALL-SHAPED DESK CLOCK BY CARTIER SELL FOR £79,250, SOME TEN TIMES ITS PRE-SALE ESTIMATE. CONTINUING A PATTERN THAT HAS BEEN A FEATURE OF MANY RECENT SALES AT SOTHEBY'S, STRONG PRICES FOR POCKET WATCHES WERE AGAIN A FEATURE OF THE SALE. JOANNE LEWIS, HEAD OF WATCHES AT SOTHEBY'S LONDON, SAID: 'WE SAW SOME EXCEPTIONALLY STRONG PRICES TODAY FOR EXACTLY THE TYPES OF WATCHES WE HAVE SEEN CONSISTENTLY PERFORMING WELL IN OUR AUCTIONS OVER THE PAST 24 MONTHS. THE FANTASTIC PRICE FOR THE CARTIER DESK CLOCK, WHICH MADE SOME TEN TIMES ITS PRE-SALE ESTIMATE, IS FURTHER EVIDENCE OF THE STRONG DEMAND WE'RE SEEING NOW FOR DESK CLOCKS, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY.' THE SALE MADE A TOTAL OF £1,313,650 AGAINST AN ESTIMATE OF £1,243,300.

SOTHEBY'S SELLS CARTIER DESK CLOCK FOR £79,250

THE SALE OF FINE WATCHES AT SOTHEBY'S LONDON SAW A RARE GOLD AND ENAMEL BALL-SHAPED DESK CLOCK BY CARTIER SELL FOR £79,250, SOME TEN TIMES ITS PRE-SALE ESTIMATE. CONTINUING A PATTERN THAT HAS BEEN A FEATURE OF MANY RECENT SALES AT SOTHEBY'S, STRONG PRICES FOR POCKET WATCHES WERE AGAIN A FEATURE OF THE SALE. JOANNE LEWIS, HEAD OF WATCHES AT SOTHEBY'S LONDON, SAID: 'WE SAW SOME EXCEPTIONALLY STRONG PRICES TODAY FOR EXACTLY THE TYPES OF WATCHES WE HAVE SEEN CONSISTENTLY PERFORMING WELL IN OUR AUCTIONS OVER THE PAST 24 MONTHS. THE FANTASTIC PRICE FOR THE CARTIER DESK CLOCK, WHICH MADE SOME TEN TIMES ITS PRE-SALE ESTIMATE, IS FURTHER EVIDENCE OF THE STRONG DEMAND WE'RE SEEING NOW FOR DESK CLOCKS, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY.' THE SALE MADE A TOTAL OF £1,313,650 AGAINST AN ESTIMATE OF £1,243,300.

SOTHEBY'S SELLS CARTIER DESK CLOCK FOR £79,250

LATE LAST MONTH FORMULA ONE CHIEF BERNIE ECCLESTONE AND HIS GIRLFRIEND WERE ROBBED OUTSIDE HIS OFFICES IN LONDON. THE THIEVES REPORTEDLY PUNCHED AND KICKED ECCLESTONE AND MADE OFF WITH SOME $300,000 IN JEWELRY, INCLUDING A SPECIAL-EDITION HUBLOT WRISTWATCH, LEAVING THE OCTOGENARIAN BRUISED AND BATTERED. NEVER ONE TO SHY AWAY FROM CONTROVERSY OR TURN AWAY AN OPPORTUNITY, HOWEVER, ECCLESTONE HAS APPEARED IN AN AD FOR SWISS WATCHMAKER HUBLOT BRING FURTHER ATTENTION TO THE TRAGIC INCIDENT. THE AD FOR THE OFFICIAL FORMULA ONE TIMEKEEPER FEATURES A PHOTOGRAPH OF ECCLESTONE'S BRUISED FACE, ACCOMPANIED BY THE QUOTE 'SEE WHAT PEOPLE WILL DO FOR A HUBLOT', IT IS SET TO RUN THIS WEEK IN BOTH THE FINANCIAL TIMES AND THE INTERNATIONAL HERALD-TRIBUNE.

BERNIE ECCLESTONE FOR HUBLOT

LATE LAST MONTH FORMULA ONE CHIEF BERNIE ECCLESTONE AND HIS GIRLFRIEND WERE ROBBED OUTSIDE HIS OFFICES IN LONDON. THE THIEVES REPORTEDLY PUNCHED AND KICKED ECCLESTONE AND MADE OFF WITH SOME $300,000 IN JEWELRY, INCLUDING A SPECIAL-EDITION HUBLOT WRISTWATCH, LEAVING THE OCTOGENARIAN BRUISED AND BATTERED. NEVER ONE TO SHY AWAY FROM CONTROVERSY OR TURN AWAY AN OPPORTUNITY, HOWEVER, ECCLESTONE HAS APPEARED IN AN AD FOR SWISS WATCHMAKER HUBLOT BRING FURTHER ATTENTION TO THE TRAGIC INCIDENT. THE AD FOR THE OFFICIAL FORMULA ONE TIMEKEEPER FEATURES A PHOTOGRAPH OF ECCLESTONE'S BRUISED FACE, ACCOMPANIED BY THE QUOTE 'SEE WHAT PEOPLE WILL DO FOR A HUBLOT', IT IS SET TO RUN THIS WEEK IN BOTH THE FINANCIAL TIMES AND THE INTERNATIONAL HERALD-TRIBUNE.

BERNIE ECCLESTONE FOR HUBLOT

LUXURY JEWELRY MAKER BOUCHERON HAS RECENTLY RELEASED A STUNNING NEW MASTERPIECE TO MARK OFF ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-TWO YEARS OF HIGH END JEWELRY MAKING. THE JWLRYMACHINE IS BASED ON BOUTIQUE WATCH MAKER MB&F's HOROLOGICAL MACHINE NUMBER 3 WHICH FEATURES A KINETICALLY ENERGETIC ENGINE ON TOP OF IT, BOUCHERON HAS ADDED DIAMONDS AND SAPPHIRES TO MAKE THE COLLECTION EVEN MORE OUTSTANDING AND A TRUE MASTERPIECE. THE WATCH FEATURES LARGE GLOWING SPHERES OF AN OWL's EYES SET OVER A TWIN CONE WITH SUBLIME FRESH CUT STONES ON EACH SIDE, CAST IN FIVE PRECISE SEPARATE SEGMENTS. THE BODY IS MADE OF EIGHTEEN CARAT WHITE OR ROSE GOLD TO MATCH THE BODY AND STRAP OF THE JWLRYMACHINE.

BOUCHERON JWLRYMACHINE TIMEPIECE