The Wristwatch Of The Year Of Sheep Shows The Craft On The Wrist.

Vacheron Constantin M e tiers D Art art master China twelve zodiac legend series of sheep year watches

Technology: enamel technology and carving art

This series of zodiac pushes

Eradication of traditional paper-cut art is the source of inspiration, and the craftsmen master zodiac animals on the dial plates that are vividly depicted in enamel craft and carving art.

The leaf decoration pattern on the dial is derived from the classic Chinese pattern and is etched directly on the gold dial.

The pattern is semi embedded design, and is carefully combined through different relief relief. The highlighted honeysuckle is suspended on the dial.

The villi on the goat are exquisitely carved with less than one millimeter in thickness.

Finish the carving and then fire the big bright fire enamel.

Through continuous coating of several layers of enamel glaze, the enamel master further highlights the visual tension of the blue or ancient bronze dial.

When enamel dial is fired in kilns of about 800 to 900 degrees Celsius, it is necessary to strictly control the color of glaze and the reaction produced by firing. This requires the enamel division to have a rational inference ability, which takes years to master.

The final layer of pparent enamel is needed before the final firing, so that the dial is smooth and bright, and the flower pattern is more clear and easy to see.

Count Piaget Altiplano filigree enamel sheep Lunar New Year Watch

Technology: filigree

Since 2012, the count has launched a series of Altiplano series silk enamel wristwatches with the theme of the Chinese Zodiac on the theme of the twelve Chinese Zodiac theme.

The wrist watch is used in the Altiplano dial to create a sheep's pattern in a lifelike way.

The technology of wire drawing enamel: draw the pattern with gold wire, then use golden Astragalus glue to fix gold wire on enamel tyres.

Astragalus gel will disappear during roasting.

When the surface is convex, fill the glaze and burn it several times.

After baking, polish and polish the enamel surface.

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Chopin L.U.C XP painted wristwatch in the year of sheep

Technology: traditional Japanese painting technology

The brand new Zodiac wrist watch dial is all hand-made.

The brand especially adopts the traditional Japanese painting craft to pay tribute to the long and deep Asian culture.

Dill painting is a special lacquer technology, that is, gold powder and other metal powders are spread on the lacquer surface to highlight the lacquer outline.

The gold powder is made of small brushes made of bamboo tube and natural hair, and is sprinkled on the lacquer surface to outline very fine lines.

As the most important raw material of lacquer technology, raw lacquer material is extracted from Urushi tree, also known as "lacquer tree" or "Japanese lacquer tree".

Lacquer trees are mainly grown in Japan and China, and can only be collected once a year.

After three to five years of collection, the resin can be processed into an excellent, honey like lacquer.

After that, it needs to be varnished layer by layer, and each layer is extremely thin.

The L.U.C XP ultra-thin wrist watch case is made of 18K platinum or 18K rose gold, with a diameter of 39.5 millimeters and a thickness of only 6.8 millimeters. The automatic upper chain mechanical core is equipped with double winding boxes, which can guarantee 65 hour power storage. The Chopin L.U.C L.U.C core movement adopts the eccentric pendulum structure. The pendulum is not covered by the cover to move the upper chain, but is inserted into the core as a whole, so as to maintain ultra-thin appearance and automatic chain function.

This year's lunar calendar is also equipped with special gift boxes decorated with painting techniques.

Jacques de art workshop series of sheep year watches

Process: Enamel filling process

The three goats are vividly displayed in the relief form and above the dial, surrounded by a simple plum blossom pattern.

In order to make the plum blossom more moving, the brand art workshop especially adopts the highly difficult champlev enamel process: the craftsmen carve the metal, fill enamel in the groove, and then manually polish it, just like Chinese paper cutting art.

The two watches are limited to 28 pieces.

Athens Classico Goat gilded sheep year Watch

Process: Enamel filling

The Ulysse Nardin Athens watch, which has a hundred years of enamel technology, has launched the limited edition edition of the golden year of sheep watch. The champlev is specially used in the complex and elaborate enamel processing technology. It shows vividly the appearance of the sheep. In this complex process, the carved parts must be directly filled with enamel extracted from different metal oxides.

The surface is then baked at high temperature to melt the enamel.

After several complex processes, the sheep's vivid form can be displayed finally.

Process: gold mosaic process

This watch is the seventh in the series of the Pei Na Haisheng Shaw watch, the first in 2009.

The new Luminor 1950 Sealand annual edition and the zodiac series of other watches are designed with the same design. The stainless steel cover is engraved with the fine relief of the zodiac. The Rui sheep's shape is smart. With the traditional design of ancient Chinese astrology, the senior sculpting craftsman of Italy is skillful in the design of each table.

The craftsman first used the unique tool called "sparsello" to sculpt the groove on the fine steel and outline the lifelike lines of the Ling Yang.

After embedding many layers of parallel gold wire, the craftsman carefully hammered and decorated, so that the gold wire completely filled the contour lines of the Rui sheep, and the lines were more vivid.

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At the same time, in addition to the craft, this watch is also the first P.9000 automatic chain movement made by the self-developed R & D in the area of Pei Na Hai and the first use of Luminor 1950 case (44 mM in diameter), made of AISI 316L stainless steel, with a satin sheen on the surface.

The sheep year watches are limited to 100 worldwide.

The twelve queen of the Naples series of the year of the zodiac

Craft: shell embossing craft

The appearance of this new year's watch is shell embossed.

By portraying the different levels of sheep's head, sheep's horns, wool and sheep legs, the master carvings of shells present the image of the sheep on the top of the dial.

In making the process, the technician carved with a simple steel needle at different layers of the shell, with a depth of less than two millimeters.

All this can only be done by hand. In order to achieve the desired effect, technicians need to carefully screen and test the color, bedding, perspective, level and pparency of the shells.

Shell is a carrier of life. It is necessary to use exquisite enough techniques to create beautiful works.

Baoji asked the sculptors from Italy to choose natural sea shells. First, after polishing, the rough and hard surface was removed. Then, according to the design requirements, the shell was made up of the unique shell pieces of Baoji, and then carved by the experienced carving artisans. The process was complicated. Once the mistakes were made, there was no chance to correct them.