On Exploring Jewelled Watches With Bulgari?s Antoine Pin
Bulgari is laying down a jewelled path in watchmaking. Watchmaking Division Managing Director Antoine Pin takes us through his plans
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Although watch collectors seldom think of jewellery the same way they think of watches, this is perhaps an expression of bias. While many observers and cognoscenti do acknowledge that watches are basically like jewellery for men, this is typically undercut by such notions as gem-set watches being somehow less interesting than the steel versions of the same. You need only look to the secondary market for confirmation of this. The underlying reality does not support this proposition, and the so-called ?rainbow? style of gem-set timepiece actively mocks such notions. Again, simply look to the secondary market for confirmation? if you can even find ?rainbow? gem-set models on offer in the first place. For a jeweller and watchmaker such as Bulgari, this seems like the best of times to reap some unexpected rewards.
At LVMH Watch Week, Bulgari?s Watchmaking Division Managing Director Antoine Pin said the brand was returning to its roots as the Roman jeweller, which meant that the watches are all in the jewellery category, including something of a breakthrough with the iconic Serpenti line of watches. To be perfectly blunt, this breakthrough is far more amazing than most of the bracelets that watch brands introduce, and they mostly depend on supplie...
The post On Exploring Jewelled Watches With Bulgari’s Antoine Pin appeared first on LUXUO.
Although watch collectors seldom think of jewellery the same way they think of watches, this is perhaps an expression of bias. While many observers and cognoscenti do acknowledge that watches are basically like jewellery for men, this is typically undercut by such notions as gem-set watches being somehow less interesting than the steel versions of the same. You need only look to the secondary market for confirmation of this. The underlying reality does not support this proposition, and the so-called ?rainbow? style of gem-set timepiece actively mocks such notions. Again, simply look to the secondary market for confirmation? if you can even find ?rainbow? gem-set models on offer in the first place. For a jeweller and watchmaker such as Bulgari, this seems like the best of times to reap some unexpected rewards.
At LVMH Watch Week, Bulgari?s Watchmaking Division Managing Director Antoine Pin said the brand was returning to its roots as the Roman jeweller, which meant that the watches are all in the jewellery category, including something of a breakthrough with the iconic Serpenti line of watches. To be perfectly blunt, this breakthrough is far more amazing than most of the bracelets that watch brands introduce, and they mostly depend on supplie...
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