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BREGUET CRAZY FLOWER DIAMOND WATCH
This Breguet watch is like a stunning jewel, inside-out. It can woo at first glance with its brilliant diamond architecture on the outside, and inside with its precious Breguet automatic-winding mechanism.
116 mobile baguette cut diamonds placed beautifully like petals on a chrysanthemum flower. The true essence of the diamond design around the dial, is in the movement of baguette diamonds. These jewelled petals move with a gesture of the hand, adorning the timepiece. Breguet crazy flower has crazy number of diamonds in it. Apart from 116 in the petals, there are another 206 diamonds embedded in an oval dial.
An automatic winding movement Calibre 586 works fine to power the watch. This white gold Breguet watch could cost around 1 crore, 30 lakh Rupees or US$ 20,6022 or € 15,3176.
BULGARI MULTI COLOURED GEM ASTRAL WATCH
A bezel so beautifully bejeweled. This Bulgari watch is a 2006 make but sold for a lot more than it was priced at during its fresh production. Offered at Christie’s recent auction, it fetched for $14,966 or €11,122. The remaining part of the watch dial that is not ornate with gems is made of 18K gold. A Cal. B033 quartz movement operates the small black dial. The wisely selected colour of the dial allows the gems to shine more.
*Image: Christie’s Geneva
HARRY WINSTON DIAMOND CLUSTER WATCH
The cluster of diamonds on the band adores a round dial, like a creeper over a flower, in a wild jungle. It is easy to make a watch look expensive by adding diamonds to it. However to add a wow factor to an expensive piece of jewellery timepiece, is an art. Artists at Harry Winston, Geneva, have succeeded in crafting a collectors’s delight. The 362 diamonds are intricately set in the dial and the strap. All diamonds together weigh 35 carats. Exact price of Harry Winston Cluster Diamond watch can be provided on request. For an extravagant collector this watch might cost around Rupees 4 Crores
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