Baume & Mercier expresses watchmaking excellence in all its creations and through a simple, consistent motto devised by its founders: "Accept only perfection, only manufacture replica watches of the highest quality". This iconic Swiss brand with a rich history that began in 1830 pursues its engagement in the realm of the Celebration by revealing another facet of its "Life is about moments" signature. For Baume & Mercier, time is far more than a succession of seconds, minutes and hours: time is marked by rare moments with which the brand associates, like a living witness. Life is made of these special, solemn, exceptional moments filled with emotion, that we enjoy celebrating and that we remember forever. Baume & Mercier envisions replica watches as "gifts that contain feelings". In 1869, Louis-Victor Baume, co-founder of the Maison Baume in 1830, thus gave a richly decorated gold pocket replica watch to his daughter, Melina, for her first communion, with the following words engraved on it: "To our beloved child". Baume & Mercier invites us to remember all celebrations and to carry them within ourselves, in the same way one wears a cherished object. And to turn these emotions into images, both intimate and universal, one could dream of no better artist than Peter Lindbergh, with his sensitive and distinctly cinematographic touch through careful composition with purely emotional truth. Baume & Mercier 1. Celebrating commitmentA loving commitment is captured like a stolen moment of affection that is both discreet and solemn. Sheltered from prying eyes, the couple, forgetful of the lens pointing at them, is wrapped up body and soul in the promise that unites them. 2. Celebrating a weddingHere, the joy of marriage is snapped from a car window. The picture gives the person looking at it a sense of being both witness and actor. During this moment of extreme emotional intensity, the photographer brings out with great sincerity the unique joy shared between two beings who love each other. 3. Celebrating a birthThe maternal bond is captured, with simplicity and clarity, in an instinctive, natural gesture: a mother cuddling the child that she already loves and is holding in her arms. Bathed in summer light, the delicacy of this skin on skin experience records this moment in the universal story of life and maternal love. 4. Celebrating a personal achievementThe image expresses the individual pleasure of a moment of freedom. The smile of a man driving an exceptional car, his face turned towards the light. It is a man who has a fulfilled life, who has experienced successes and encounters, a man who knows the value of all things. 5. Celebrating a birthdayThe big Three Zero has been reached. This is a perfect occasion to bring one's special friends together and mark the passing with a special occasion. A moment to reflect spontaneity and shared friendship around a man brimming with happiness. 6. Celebrating ChristmasIn approaching the emotion-filled period of the end of year festivities, Peter Lindbergh has opted for intimacy and restraint. A couple giving each other a joint gift without any onlookers. All the intensity of the moment and their relationship is perceptible in this image. For each of these stories, the photographer makes himself invisible and celebrates the sparkle of these moments in life. He captures the high point in a relationship and simultaneously tells the story of the occasion for the gift, the intensity of the ties binding us to those we love.
Hands dancing over a painted dial; a movement structured like a monument; a beautiful tune chiming the hours and minutes… Horology stakes more than one claim to be ranked as the 12th Art. Not only does the intrinsic crafting of replica watches often amount to authentic art, but watchmaking also cultivates powerful ties with each of the 11 first arts. The 19th century philosopher Hegel had singled out the six first - architecture, sculpture, painting, music, dance and poetry - with which certain timepieces spotted at the start of this year display fascinating parallels. ARCHITECTUREAn architectural monument calling upon the skills of civil engineering, a bridge is a term frequently used in the watchmaking world. In addition to the famous tourbillon bridge, it plays a starring role in two new timepieces. The DB28 Skybridge presented by De Bethune features a spherical moon phase extending into an arrow-shaped bridge that seems to point towards infinity. Beneath this astonishing structure, a concave-shaped polished and blued titanium sky inspired by 18th century clocks is studded with white gold and diamond stars. The hour-markers, like tiny suspended spheres, set the finishing touch to this heavenly decor guided by a mechanical hand-wound movement. DB28 Skybridge De Bethune At Corum, the Golden Bridge Tourbillon Panoramique named in reference to the Golden Gate Bridge displays a tourbillon with no upper bridge that appears to be levitating above the finely openworked baguette-type movement. Lightness and balance are the key features of this timepiece available in three limited versions : ten in red gold, five in baguette-set red gold, and five in red gold set with round diamonds. Golden Bridge Tourbillon Panoramique Corum SCULPTUREAt Greubel Forsey, watchmaking sets the stage for an even more delicate art than that of sculpture: namely microsculpture, a speciality of British artist Willard Wigan. The author of several small pinhead-sized sculptures around the world has managed to fit one of his works inside the Art Piece 1 which also features a Double Tourbillon 30°. It takes a 23x enlarged view to enable observers to admire Wigan's work through the magnifying lens on the timepiece. Double Tourbillon 30° Greubel Forsey PAINTINGJaeger-LeCoultre gives rise to a pure masterpiece by clothing the famous Atmos Marqueterie clock, the fifth in this amazing series, with a marquetry work inspired by The Waiting, Gustav Klimt's famous frieze adorning Stocklet House, a mansion built by a Brussels banker. Produced in a 10-piece limited series, this exceptional model combines the in-house expertise in artistic crafts with the horological feat represented for the past 80 years by the Atmos that draws its energy from temperature variations. Atmos Marqueterie Gustav Klimt Jaeger-LeCoultre Meanwhile, Vacheron Constantin continues to explore the wealth of artistic crafts with a new opus in the Metiers d'Art collection, named Florilege. Stemming from a collaborative effort between the in-house artisans and the famous enamelling artist Anita Porchet, this new trilogy portrays magnificent reinterpretations of plates from The Temple of Flora, a respected botanical reference work. Each dial in this limited-edition series features an exceptional play on perspective and depth, enhanced by a diamond-set bezel. Florilege Vacheron Constantin MUSICSoprano is a name that speaks volumes about this watch's connections with the field of music. Dreamed up by Christophe Claret, Soprano associates a 60-second tourbillon and a minute repeater. It is particularly appreciated for the musical quality of its Westminster chime, highlighted by the stepped bridges inspired by the Charles X style. Virtuosity takes on a very different face for replica piaget : that of an ultra-thin automatic model, the Emperador Coussin Minute Repeater watch. This entirely in-house made timepiece sets a twin record for slenderness in its category, with a calibre measuring just 4. 8 mm thick and a 9. 4 mm case. Emperador Coussin Repetition Minutes Automatique replica piaget DANCEHalf-dancer, half-butterfly : the new Van Cleef & Arpels fairy flutters its wings to show the hours and minutes. The Lady Arpels Ballerine Enchantee belongs to the Poetic ComplicationsTM collection. Inspired by a quote from Anna Pavlova, this new piece echoes the imaginary world of the prestigious House : "I've been dreaming that I was a ballerina, and that I was spending my whole life dancing as lightly as a butterfly …" Sculpted in relief and set with diamonds exquisitely accentuating her waist and face, the golden ballerina is set into motion by a movement driving a double retrograde display revealing the time on request. Complication Poetique Lady Arpels Ballerine Enchantee Van Cleef & Arpels POETRYRenowned for its poetic complications, of which the latest features the above-mentioned delightful ballerina with butterfly wings, Van Cleef & Arpels offers models conjuring up a lyrical world into which fascinated observers immerse themselves with great delight. Dancers and fairies, swallows and butterflies are the benevolent muses keeping replica watch over the endless cycle of hours and minutes. Offering variations on the theme of engraving, gold sculptures, miniature painting on enamel, the new Charms Extraordinaires models are indeed lucky charms imbued with an exceptional sense of poetry. Poetry also makes its presence felt with Chaumet, which introduces a superb little jewellery creation of this kind in the shape of a replica watch featuring the brand's emblematic insects: the bee and the spider, engaged in an astonishing game of seduction. On the precious shimmering mother-of-pearl dial set with diamonds, the spider marking off the hours tireless pursues its prey, a diamond-studded bee that points to the minutes. This poetic vision of nature is driven by a mechanical self-winding movement that enables the two insects mounted on off-centred rails to tell an entrancing tale of time. Abeille et araignee Chaumet