January 9, 2009

Piaget Miss Protocole Luxury Watches
 

Love, admiration, envy, greed, want, and need are all feelings all women will go through after viewing the Miss Protocole Watches by Piaget. We examined them thoroughly and decided the only way to present them to our readers is to show the entire collection.

Above is our favorite Piaget Miss Protocole watch. It’s a XL version with a white gold case and dial covered in 332 brilliant-cut diamonds (1.97 carats) with a turquoise-mauve butterfly motif swooping down from the top right corner to rest on a flower. This Paget Miss Protocol XL watch, and all the others, feature interchangeable straps and is exclusively sold in boutiques. This particular Piaget watch is one of 10 made.

Each motif in the Miss Protocole XL was created using the champlevé technique where an artistic engraver etches the design into solid gold while hollowing out the required areas.

Next the enameller fills in the hollowed out areas with enamel that has been ground into a powder and deposited wet and melted at over 800 degrees Celsius.

After the creating several layers and heating each it’s sanded to smooth out the surface and glaze to make it shine. Lastly, a gem-setter sets the jewels onto the watch using the utmost care as not to break the enamel, which is extremely delicate.

Here’s a closer look at the delicate process:

 
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