Arguably best known for her passionate romance with Napoleon,
Chaumet’s famous muse, Empress Joséphine, also led a life as a keen botanist in the gardens and potting sheds of the Chateau de Malmaison, near Paris – and it’s
this passion that inspired the French jeweller’s
Hortensia collection. Set on a malleable Milanese mesh bracelet, the diamond-studded bezel of this Eden watch is strewn with similarly sparkling petals, made to mimic a “fresh and feminine garden” at either side of its brushed, lacquered dial.
Chaumet steel and diamond watch
Style no: W20611-20B
Materials:Steel
Bezel set with 27 brilliant-cut diamonds totalling 0.40ct
Three sculpted flowers set with 3 brilliant-cut diamonds totalling 0.03ct
One brilliant-cut diamond on dial totalling 0.01ct
Sapphire glass
Black lacquer dial
Details:Double folding-clasp fastening with safety push buttons
Bezel set with 27 brilliant-cut diamonds totalling 0.40ct
Three sculpted flowers set with 3 brilliant-cut diamonds totalling 0.03ct
Curved sapphire glass with anti-reflective treatment
Black lacquer on sunray fine-brushed dial
Polished rhodium-plated leaf-shaped hours and minutes hands
Hours and minutes set via corrector button on the case back
High-precision Swiss quartz movement
One brilliant-cut diamond at 12 o’clock totalling 0.01ct
Branding at 12 o’clock
Steel Milanese Mesh bracelet strap
Water resistant to 30m
Case diameter: 21.5mm
Case thickness: 7.7mm