Van Cleef & Arpels has expanded its highly acclaimed Poetic Complications family by introducing the new Lady Féerie watch.
Since the 1940s, Van Cleef & Arpels has celebrated the beauty of fairies through creations brimming with enchantment. Today, the Maison is offering a new take on its Lady Féerie watch, entirely in shades of pink.
Enriching the Féerie collection, this Poetic Complications piece brings together watchmaking savoir-faire and traditional crafts in a 33mm case of delicate proportions. In a dreamlike scene, a fairy marks the passing hours with its magic wand in the soft light of dusk.
Like a protective muse, she appears seated on an iridescent cloud of white mother-of-pearl, wearing a dress of diamonds, pink sapphires, and miniature painting on gold.
Her wings are coated with a powdery gradient, achieved by combining translucent pink plique-à-jour enamel with opaque pink enamel. Employed in the same design by the Maison, these techniques create interplays of light and transparency in the wings, which are bordered with diamonds minutely set after the enameling.
With her diamond face, the feminine figure points out the minutes with her magic wand, while the setting sun welcomes the passing of the hours in a window of mother-of-pearl haloed with a soothing glow.
Visible from the underside of the watch, the oscillating weight is engraved with a night sky, showing a full moon sprinkled with stars. This design is covered by a sapphire glass adorned with clouds whose enameled contours create a slightly glittery effect.
Watchmaking, jewelry-making and rare skills join forces to breathe life into this poetic scene. The Lady Féerie Or Rose watch is graced with a self-winding mechanism, jumping hours, and retrograde minutes.
The 33mm case is elevated with a curved sapphire glass, accommodating a three-dimensional fairy. It also optimizes the entrance of light and rounds off the watch’s silhouette.
The dial showcases the techniques mastered by the Van Cleef & Arpels Watchmaking Workshops in Geneva. On an engraved mother-of-pearl background, no fewer than four colors – from pearly white to deep plum, with a delicate gold and an intense fuchsia – paint the evening sky that illuminates the scene.
The plique-à-jour enamel adorning the fairy’s wings presents, for its part, a unique shade of pink, specially crafted by Van Cleef & Arpels enamel workshop in order to harmonize with the colors of the dial.
Technical details
Model: Van Cleef & Arpels Lady Féerie Or Rose watch
Case
33mm case in rose gold, diamonds
Dial
Dial in rose and white gold, pink sapphires, diamonds, white mother-of-pearl, opaque and plique-à-jour enamel
Movement
Self-winding mechanical movement with a retrograde and jumping hours module
Strap
Interchangeable alligator leather strap
