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Photo: Courtesy of Van Cleef & Arpels Each watch has been inspired by one of Jewels three acts, and subsequently come set with either emeralds, rubies or diamonds. They also play music by either Gabriel Fauré, Igor Stravinsky or Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, respectively. The watchmaker worked closely with Swiss concert musician Michel Tirabosco to simplify these complex musical arrangements to just two instruments. A birchwood and walnut marquetry music box uses an electronic amplifier to enrich the sound of the watch s four gongs, while a visual animation comes to life when the music starts to play. Each watch s dial depicts a pair of decadent opera curtains, which open to reveal ballerinas dressed in tutus. ....
The Poetry Behind the New Lady Arpels Ballerines Musicales Timepieces Share Van Cleef & Arpels is and always has been unapologetically romantic – an approach that seeps even into the oft-bravado world of high watchmaking. We rediscover the house’s enduring dance with complications and poetry through its new Lady Arpels Ballerines Musicales timepieces The drapes part and ballerinas enter to fluid arabesques, grand jetés and elegant pirouettes, dancing to the music of Gabriel Fauré, Igor Stranvinsky and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, then the drapes close. Such is the enchanting 20-second sequence you can play whenever and wherever you fancy, and it sits right on your wrist. Just like many of Van Cleef & Arpels’ timepieces, the Lady Arpels Ballerines Musicales is not meant merely to be worn but, rather, experienced and inevitably connect with. ....