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ARCEAU Soleil

The Arceau watch is illuminated by its dial engraved with a sunray pattern and set with levitating diamonds.

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Created by Henri d’Origny in 1978, the round Arceau watch with its stirrup-inspired lugs lends its singular aesthetic to a new stylistic expression. Imagined by Swiss artist Fred Rawyler for a silk scarf, a gleaming graphic design – reinterpreted to create fascinating depth and effects of light – brings sunshine to the dial of the aptly named new Arceau Soleil.

Sunbeams radiating across a subtle chiaroscuro gradient accentuate the path of the slender hands, in an endlessly mesmerising geometry. The diamond hour-markers, set into the sapphire crystal, create the illusion of levitating above the dial, while a translucent lacquer in shades of blue or grey swathes the engraved motif in an aura of mystery. The exquisitely light gem-set steel case of this elegant watch is paired with an alligator strap.

TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS

CASE

Henri d’Origny (1978)

Medium Model (MM), 36 mm, round Gem-set 316L steel case, 100 diamonds (0.34 ct)

Gem-set anti-glare sapphire crystal, 12 diamonds (0.03 ct)

DIAL

Laser-engraved and gradient blue-lacquered dial. “Soleil” motif by Fred Rawyler Laser-engraved and gradient grey-lacquered dial. “Soleil” motif by Fred Rawyler

MOVEMENT

Quartz, crafted in Switzerland

FUNCTIONS

Hours, minutes

BUCKLE

316L steel pin buckle, 16 mm

STRAP

Polished sapphire blue alligator
Matt pearl grey alligator