MB&F - 33.RQTL.B

Horological Machine N?a3 JWLRYMACHINE Pink

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Description

What could possibly bring together the 152-year-old House of Boucheron, that most venerable of France's high-jewellery Houses, and MB&F, the young, cutting-edge Swiss creative laboratory whose Horological Machines first invaded our planet only five years ago?

The answer is the JWLRYMACHINE, an astonishing haute-joaillerie version of our Horological Machine N?a3 (HM3).

With the HM3 as unsettling as ever, the House of Boucheron is poised to create its own seductive shock waves with the JWLRYMACHINE, an haute-joaillerie version of Horological Machine N?a3. In a spectacular flight of fancy, the House's peerless artisans have conceived the watch as a splendid three-dimensional jewelled owl, presented either in 18k white gold, with amethyst, diamonds and blue and violet sapphires, or in 18k red gold, with pink tourmaline, rose quartz, diamonds and pink sapphires.

The owl's eyes are large glowing cabochons, set over the twin cones, and its sparkling wings, wrapped protectively around the precious HM3 engine, are entirely pave-set with brilliant-cut stones. Its feathered breast is sculpted and engraved from a single block of amethyst or rose quartz. The glowing eyes, sparkling wings and softly gleaming breast create a carefully choreographed play of light. But most mesmerising of all: beneath the owl's breast, its heart appears to be beating. The visual illusion is created by the faintly perceived swings of MB&F's solid-gold battle-axe-shaped rotor beneath the translucent stone.

Movement

Three-dimensional horological engine designed by Jean-Marc Wiederrecht/Agenhor
Powered by a Sowind base
Balance oscillating at 28,800 bph.
Battle-axe shaped ??mystery' automatic winding rotor.
HM3 Frog Ti: Rotor in blue PVD 22k gold
HM3 Poison Dart Frog: Rotor in 22k gold
HM3 Fire Frog : Rotor in 22k red gold
Hour and minutes information transmitted via ceramic ball bearings to rotating domes.
Number of jewels: 36 (all functional)
Number of components: 304

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