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15.05.2012

Hand-engraved rock crystal with Russian icon

In recent years, NIVREL had already picked up the art of stone engraving in order to create jewelry dials for the Edition Pièce Unique. So far, these motives were performed as relief engravings, so-called ‘Cameo’. This year NIVREL uses an engraving style called ‘Intaglio’, a very deep engraving. Earlier this year, we have presented the Répétition Annuelle Crystal Dragon. In the following we show the making of a customer watch with a Russian icon.

20.03.2012

Gemstone Engraving: A hand-engraved rock crystal (dragon motive)

The basic idea of our Pièce Unique watches is the creation of a piece of jewelry with the various possibilities offered by the craftsmenship of a watchmaker and a goldsmith. Each year, NIVREL presents a new motive for the Pièce Unique collection. For 2011/2012 the series is supplemented by a dragon that was is engraved into a rock crystal.

02.12.2011

Relief engraving of an erotic scene on a dial

Jewelry watches with an erotic touch: Our erotic watches clearly show ambiguous motives, which place interpersonal love into an historical context. Horological complications as the automatic handling device enhance the appeal due to surprising sound and movement effects. Our erotic watches might be eccentric – but they are a feast for the eyes of classicists of this niche.

01.09.2011

Individual Pièce Unique Repeater with hand-engraved dial in gold

Jewelry watches with an erotic touch: Our erotic watches clearly show ambiguous motives, which place interpersonal love into an historical context. Horological complications as the automatic handling device enhance the appeal due to surprising sound and movement effects. Our erotic watches might be eccentric – but they are a feast for the eyes of classicists of this niche.