995/152J-001

The entry into the arena This unique piece in yellow gold enriched with a case back in wood marquetry captures the precise moment when the bull, depicted at the height of its powers, emerges from its pen to join the corrida. To produce this hyper-realistic picture, particularly the striking details of the animal’s head, the marquetry-maker cut out and assembled 312 tiny veneer parts and 40 even smaller inlays, together spanning a palette of 39 wood species of different colors, textures and veining. The dial, crafted in elm burl, presents an applied small-seconds counter and hour markers, all in yellow gold coated with red lacquer and decorated with a hand-engraved motif representing cordage. Leaf-shaped hands, also in yellow gold, indicate the time. A red spinel cabochon (0.26 ct) decorates the crown. This pocket watch is accompanied by a stand in yellow gold, embellished with an epaulette richly decorated with hand-engraving and adorned with 8 red spinels (0.51 ct), similar to the one that adds panache to the matadors’ suit of lights. A coiled motif in yellow gold, terminating in pendants formed by clusters of red spinels (8.77 cts) and resting on an oval base in Cameroon ebony wood completes the decoration. This piece is also accompanied by a chain in yellow gold, its cordage-style links adorned with two onyx spheres (0.75 ct), suspending a hand-engraved medallion set with a red spinel cabochon (0.02 ct). This piece houses the caliber 17’’’ LEP PS manually wound movement with small seconds.