Audemars Piguet Haute Joaillerie Watches: Carnet de Bal And Coup de Theatre

Audemars Piguet has launched two spectacular haute joaillerie timepieces to enriched its feminine watch collection : the “Coup de Theatre” and “Carnet de Bal”. They are represent many hundreds of hours of labor, and unify traditional finest Swiss watchmaking with the jewelry arts.

The Audemars Piguet Coup de Theatre watch apply 18-karat white gold and diamonds to produce a truly magnificent creation for ladies formal wear. The semi-rigid bracelet is set with round diamonds of various sizes, and presents a number of free pendant diamonds; the dazzling theme is carried on in the pave-set dial. The Coup de Theatre watch comprises 853 brilliant-cuts, whose total weight amounts to 123 carats. It is features on manual-winding 2046 caliber, and a balance wheel frequency of 21,600 beats per hour, and power reserve for 42-hour; traditional Cotes de Geneve, anglage, and circular graining decorations adorn the bridges and mainplate.

The watch design is inspired by floral arrangements, the Audemars Piguet Carnet de Bal watch is an exceptionally intricate creation set with diamonds of many shapes, including the round brilliant, pear, marquise, and baguette. The semi-rigid 18-karat white gold bracelet is custom adjusted by Audemars Piguet to exactly fit its owner and features a safety clasp. In total, the Carnet de Bal watch features 481 diamonds, whose total weight is 59.53 carats. Like the Coup de Theatre, this model also features the manual-winding 2046 caliber movement.

Omega most extravagant Constellation watch

Swiss watchmaker Omega has unveiled its most extravagant Constellation watch yet, in a piece unique creation that unifies more than 30 carats of baguette and trapeze-cut diamonds across a case and bracelet of 18-karat white gold.

But this timepiece, which Omega calls the Constellation Baguette, is notable for more than just the sheer radiance of its 459 diamonds; each stone has been exactly matched to its every neighbor, a painstaking task necessitated by the beautiful and exceptionally difficult invisible setting technique which creates the appearance that no metal joins the stones together.

Perhaps most striking is the white gold dial of this splendid Constellation timepiece. Here, the sparkling field of baguette diamonds creates the impression of a supernova against which the star symbol of the Omega Constellation collection (in diamonds, naturally) appears in glorious relief within an inset mother of pearl subdial. The Omega Constellation Baguette watch is animated by one of Omega's acclaimed in-house automatic movements. Omega's Caliber 8421 presents a number of fascinating elements that make for a mechanism of real horological pedigree.

These features include a balance bridge for optimum support of the balance wheel, a hairspring in SI 14 silicon which resists magnetism and shock, and the revolutionary Omega Co-Axial Escapement--a true innovation in mechanical watchmaking which greatly reduces friction and promotes long-term operation and precision. The caliber is a COSC-certified chronometer, having passed fifteen days of precision tests at one of the official Swiss chronometer control offices.