Solely Watch is a superb place to see (and bid on!) distinctive items by a number of the most proficient artisans and watchmakers on this planet. Some manufacturers and watchmakers submit low-key particular editions for the biennial watch public sale, however others actually shoot for the celebs. I really like the unbelievable mechanics and creativity that include attempting to make a splash for an excellent trigger, however don’t suppose for a second that I’m not enamored by the métiers d’artwork (inventive crafts) on show at every public sale.
Watch manufacturers usually select Solely Watch – based by Luc Pettavino, this public sale helps the struggle towards Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy – as a showcase for brand spanking new methods their watches could be configured that won’t make sense as part of the common catalogue, however are superb within the context of some dozen distinctive items introduced collectively for an excellent trigger.
The 2021 version of Solely Watch, which takes place on November 6, 2021, in Geneva has many spectacular examples of these kinds of distinctive watches, and right here I’d like to focus on 5 that present the vary of types discovered among the many watches provided on the one-of-a-kind public sale.
Bovet Miss Audrey Candy Fairy Solely Watch: one thing candy
The creativity displayed by Bovet with its new Miss Audrey Candy Artwork dials constituted of fastidiously ready and coloured sugar crystals is second to none. Not solely did the model suppose so laterally that it might embody a meals merchandise in a treasured dial, however it made it appear and feel similar to a jewel-encrusted dial (till you look nearer). The Candy Fairy version for Solely Watch takes this unbelievable and new inventive craft and combines it with miniature portray and Tremendous-LumiNova for a very beautiful end result.
Bovet Miss Audrey Candy Fairy for Solely Watch 2021
A magical being harking back to the Disney fairies has been painted within the heart of the dial, and the addition of luminous pigment makes it glow at nighttime. That is already fairly cool, however across the exterior of the fairy is the distinctive sugar artwork of the Candy Artwork method, this time in a vibrant orange (to match the Solely Watch shade scheme for this 12 months). What’s extra, that sugar artwork held in place with translucent lacquer can also be infused with orange Tremendous-LumiNova to glow at nighttime, making the presentation a feast for the eyes in each the shining solar and quiet darkish of midnight.
Bovet Candy Artwork Fairy for Solely Watch 2021
The Miss Audrey Candy Fairy comes on an orange leather-based strap to match. And since that is Bovet, the watch options the flexibility to rework from a wristwatch to a pendant or a desk clock because of the convertible system hidden within the case and crown bow. The distinctive Miss Audrey Candy Fairy is an unbelievable begin to the inventive experiments we will take pleasure in at Solely Watch 2021 the place critical manufacturers have actually come to play.
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Fast Details Bovet Miss Audrey Candy Fairy Solely Watch
Case: 36 x 11 mm, convertible Amadeo case in stainless-steel
Motion: computerized Caliber 11BA15, 42-hour energy reserve, 28,800 vph/4 Hz frequency
Features: hours, minutes
Limitation: distinctive piece
Public sale estimate: 45,000 – 70,000 Swiss francs
Jaquet Droz Grande Skelet-One Tourbillon Solely Watch: one thing see-through
Whereas we’d give attention to the skeletonized motion and tourbillon at 12 o’clock, the spotlight of the Solely Watch version of the Jaquet Droz Grande Skelet-One Tourbillon is certainly the dial. Whereas it thematically might be associated to the Bovet Miss Audrey Candy Fairy because it seems to be like a dial product of sweet, it’s the truth is plique-à-jour enamel. Lengthy thought of one of the crucial troublesome enamel methods, plique-à-jour enamel requires excessive persistence and care to create skinny, translucent sections of enamel inside a white gold body.
Jaquet Droz Grande Seconde Skelet-One Tourbillon for Solely Watch 2021
The plique-à-jour enamel can also be not only a single shade in every little panel, however a gradient of shade apparently flowing between body panels and showcasing the talent of the artisans at Jaquet Droz to hold an enamel gradient (already troublesome to realize cleanly) via to disconnected areas of enamel.
Jaquet Droz Grande Seconde Skelet-One Tourbillon for Solely Watch 2021
The summary but geometric design of the body and enamel are already mind-boggling, and when put over a equally geometric skeletonized motion the result’s a masterpiece.
With regards to pure magnificence, the Jaquet Droz Grande Skelet-One Tourbillon Solely Watch is likely to be my favourite inventive piece within the public sale this 12 months. It’s a improbable submission from Jaquet Droz.
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Fast Details Jaquet Droz Grande Seconde Skelet-One Tourbillon Solely Watch
Case: 41 x 13.36 mm, pink gold
Dial: plique-à-jour enamel
Motion: computerized Caliber JD 2625SQ with 60-second flying tourbillon, seven-day energy reserve, 21,600 vph/3 Hz frequency
Features: hours, minutes, seconds
Limitation: distinctive piece
Public sale estimate: 160,000 – 200,000 Swiss francs
Charles Girardier 1809 Tribute to Jackson Pollock Solely Watch: one thing unusual
Charles Girardier is a relative newcomer to the business impressed by the work of historic watchmaker Charles Girardier and launching in 2019. The Charles Girardier 1809 arrived with a bang: in 2020 it gained the Girls Complication class of the Grand Prix de l’Horlogerie de Genève.
Charles Girardier 1809 Tribute to Jackson Pollock for Solely Watch 2021
Now the brand new model lends its assist to Solely Watch with a singular variation of the watch that launched it. The 1809 Tribute to Jackson Pollock is a enjoyable tackle the summary expressionist painter by way of grand feu and summary paillonné enamel.
Charles Girardier 1809 Tribute to Jackson Pollock for Solely Watch 2021
The cosmic-looking grand feu enamel has touches of blue, inexperienced, and plenty of black tones, making it really feel like wanting right into a distant nebula. Sprinkled throughout the dial are random and irregularly formed items of gold leaf, seemingly tiny stars and star clusters seen via a telescope. The gold leaf jogs my memory of paillonné enamel, a way by which tiny formed items of gold foil are laid down in enamel to offer a layer of depth. Whereas this isn’t that precise method, it’s clearly impressed by the method.
It is a watch for somebody who loves artwork and watchmaking however enjoys the unstructured dysfunction of life and the universe. It completely captures the chaos seen in Jackson Pollock’s work and offers a 100-percent distinctive dial that might by no means be recreated, making it really a one-off piece.
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Fast Details Charles Girardier 1809 Tribute to Jackson Pollock
Case: 41 x 12.2 mm, pink gold
Dial: oven-fired “fusion enamel”
Motion: computerized Caliber CG1809 (Timeless manufacture) with one-minute flying tourbillon and peripheral rotor, 46-hour energy reserve, 28,800 vph/4 Hz frequency
Features: hours, minutes; rotating disks with emblem
Limitation: distinctive piece
Public sale estimate: 75,000 – 90,000 Swiss francs
Andersen Genéve x Edward Sexton Quotidiana Solely Watch: one thing sartorial
The Andersen Genéve x Edward Sexton Quotidiana Solely Watch is a uncommon collaboration that one may count on to see extra usually within the watch business: a watchmaker and a tailor. On condition that to the broader world watches are style equipment first, it will make sense for watchmakers to fulfill up with world famend tailors to design a watch with sartorial aptitude. Alas, it’s a uncommon sight. The Andersen Genéve x Edward Sexton Quotidiana is nevertheless simply that: a watch that goes hand in hand with a world-class bespoke swimsuit.
Andersen Genève x Edward Sexton Quotidiana for Solely Watch 2021
The guilloche of the dial reminds one among geometric material patterns. It’s mixed with a refined blue on the date disk that feels just like the superb silk lining inside a jacket. The Edward Sexton signature is on the prime, a basic needle and thread finishing the presentation with a brand new sort of type. The date disk is exclusive in that it makes use of a number of languages for every day of the week particularly French, German, English, Italian, Spanish, Arabic, and Hebrew.
Andersen Genève x Edward Sexton Quotidiana Solely Watch
On the backside of the dial is a date disk, making this a very practical timepiece to go along with the fashion-inspired type. The Edward Sexton Quotidiana is refined but intricate and lives as much as the legacy of the assorted inventive items which have emerged from Andersen Genéve’s workshop through the years.
To prime it off, the profitable bidder may also obtain a hand-crafted bespoke swimsuit from Edward Sexton, so this collaboration positively measures up.
For extra info, please go to www.onlywatch.com/andersen-geneve
Fast Details Andersen Genève x Edward Sexton Quotidiana Solely Watch
Case: pink and white gold, 40 x 9 mm
Motion: computerized modified Frédéric Piguet Caliber 11.50 with twin spring barrels, energy reserve 72 hours, 3 Hz/21,600 vph frequency
Features: hours, minutes; day, date
Limitation: distinctive piece
Public sale estimate: 60,000 – 70,000 Swiss francs
Comment: this lot comes with a made-to-measure swimsuit by Edward Sexton
Krayon Wherever Solely Watch: one thing solar impressed
The Krayon Wherever Solely Watch is my favourite inventive piece within the public sale as a result of it’s a watch with a great deal of inventive type but might completely be worn wherever (therefore the identify). The moniker comes from the very fact it may be set to show the dawn and sundown instances wherever on this planet the customer ought to select. I actually like the twin meanings one could assign to the identify.
Krayon Wherever for Solely Watch 2021
The unbelievable dial is impressed by the Claude Monet portray Impression, Dawn, which is ideal to encourage a watch that reveals the instances of dawn and sundown.
The dial contains of dozens, maybe tons of, of tiny lacquer-filled cells of various colours and irregular shapes. The colours present an summary concept of what a dawn would appear like if it had been to be put via a shade filter much like autotune. Mixed, the clear colours create gradients that dazzle the eyes. It’s arduous to understand the persistence it should have taken to combine the assorted colours and painstakingly paint a couple of little cells earlier than transferring on to the following shade.
Krayon Wherever Solely Watch
All of that’s on prime of Rémi Maillat’s ingenious Caliber C030, which is a murals in itself. I’ve cherished the Krayon concept because it first launched, and on condition that Maillat had some instruction on ending from the legend Philippe Dufour, it’s no shock that Krayon actions are among the many easiest. This can be my favourite piece ever made by Krayon and I might put on it every single day – from dawn to sundown – and nonetheless by no means get sufficient of it.
For extra info, please go to www.onlywatch.com/krayon
Fast Details Krayon Wherever
Case: 39 x 9.5 mm, stainless-steel
Motion: manually wound Caliber C030 with 432 parts, 86-hour energy reserve, 3 Hz/21,600 vph frequency
Features: hours, minutes; sundown and dawn instances, month, date, 24-hour indication
Limitation: distinctive piece
Public sale estimate: 95,000 – 120,000 Swiss francs
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