The Only Watch 2023 Auction Gears up for a Good Cause
The Only Watch auction is set to return this November, featuring unique timepieces donated by watchmakers that will grace the auction floor to raise funds for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy research.
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Louis Vuitton Tambour Einstein Automata
Louis Vuitton celebrates their tenth consecutive contribution to the biennial Only Watch charity with a micro portrait of one of the greatest minds of our time, Albert Einstein, in the Louis Vuitton Tambour Einstein Automata. The likeness of Einstein was brought to life in the La Fabrique du Temps Louis Vuitton workshop with two age-old techniques, namely micro-sculpturing and grisaille enamelling.
Engraver Dick Steenman fashioned Einstein?s contoured face from white gold. 80 hours of work went into the meticulous detailing for Einstein’s furrows and facial hair and another 40 into the steel lock of hair that forms part of the steel watch case and automata push-piece. Enameller Nicolas Doublel completed the piece by employing grisaille and miniature enamelling to bring the portrait to life. The former technique, once lost and revived a decade ago, involves layering white enamel over a deep black enamel base to achieve shades of black, white and grey. Each layer requires kiln firing, making it highly complex and time-intensive. The rest of the portrait elements are enamelled too, including the dial, scribbles and Einstein?s tongue.
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Louis Vuitton Tambour Einstein Automata
Louis Vuitton celebrates their tenth consecutive contribution to the biennial Only Watch charity with a micro portrait of one of the greatest minds of our time, Albert Einstein, in the Louis Vuitton Tambour Einstein Automata. The likeness of Einstein was brought to life in the La Fabrique du Temps Louis Vuitton workshop with two age-old techniques, namely micro-sculpturing and grisaille enamelling.
Engraver Dick Steenman fashioned Einstein?s contoured face from white gold. 80 hours of work went into the meticulous detailing for Einstein’s furrows and facial hair and another 40 into the steel lock of hair that forms part of the steel watch case and automata push-piece. Enameller Nicolas Doublel completed the piece by employing grisaille and miniature enamelling to bring the portrait to life. The former technique, once lost and revived a decade ago, involves layering white enamel over a deep black enamel base to achieve shades of black, white and grey. Each layer requires kiln firing, making it highly complex and time-intensive. The rest of the portrait elements are enamelled too, including the dial, scribbles and Einstein?s tongue.
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