Marguerite attired in diamonds

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Marguerite attired in diamonds - Christophe Claret
A new Marguerite model clothed in more than 600 diamonds.

Unveiled in 2015, the Marguerite watch is already available in five different white gold or 5N red gold versions adorned with “snowflake” or “champagne” setting and featuring vivid shades of blue, red and green depending on the version. Christophe Claret has entered the Marguerite watch in the Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève 2016, "Ladies' high-mech" category

Today, Christophe Claret unveils a new Marguerite model clothed in more than 600 diamonds. Christophe Claret matches the boldness of this charmingly romantic mechanism with an equally daring case design. To accentuate the 42.50 mm silhouette in 5N red, the bezel and the lugs are set with 388 diamonds of different sizes.

At the heart of this romantic timepiece, two graceful butterflies, which indicates the hours and minutes, flit around a daisy whose petals set with more than 221 diamonds overlap in the same way as a real flower.

The visual enchantment does not end there. In addition to the Arabic numerals at 3, 6 and 9 o’clock, the dial presents a second display. One press on the pusher at 2 o’clock makes the numbers disappear to reveal the phrase: “Il m’aime passionnément” (He loves me passionately), a message can be personalized.

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The Marguerite watch is equipped with a self-winding Manufacture movement whose double barrel ensures a 72-hour power reserve. The sapphire caseback provides an opportunity to admire the movement’s oscillating weight sculpted like a daisy and set with eight rubies. At will, the owner can indulge in the “He loves me… he loves me not” game, the simplified English version of daisy petals, that typically feminine distraction invented in the Middle Ages.

Christophe Claret includes a great many references to the delicacy of the marguerite daisy. In the center of the oscillating weight, a flower-shaped circular satin-brushed and diamond-polished element serves to conceal the ball-bearing mechanism. This motif is echoed by the petal-like fluted motif adorning crown, as well as the flower-shaped screws securing the strap.

This red gold model, with red alligator leather strap, comes in a limited edition of 30 pieces.

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