The Watches of the Montblanc ‘Collection Princesse Grace de Monaco’
Jan 18 2012
Time for Style • Time with Style
To create watches for a collection which bears the name of such an incomparable and unforgettable personality was a challenge that continues to fill Montblanc’s designers and jewelers with pride. The inimitable grace and tasteful predilections of this European-American style icon inspired Montblanc’s specialists to design watch models that duly honor the name and the memory of Princesse Grace de Monaco.
Among the designers’ first feats was the creation of a case that positively bubbles with elegance and refinement. Its slim silhouette and classical beauty recall similar traits embodied by Gracia Patricia. The same basic form reappears in all of the models in this collection, from the most lavish one-of-a-kind haute joaillerie wristwatch to watches featuring the timelessly attractive combination of stainless steel and diamonds.
The circular case has a decidedly contemporary diameter of thirty-four millimeters. The perfectly round dial contrasts with and gains fascinating excitement from an elliptical flange (réhaut) with its long axis running from the “12” to the “6.” Like the unforgotten princess, whose unsurpassed style was based on uncomplicated forms and simple gestures that unfurled their full graciousness only in skilful combination, so too is this wristwatch unmistakably “Gracia Patricia.”
The lovely impression is also conveyed in side view, a perspective from which watches are seldom viewed. The horns point slightly downwards for an anatomically perfect fit. This same angle continues across the beveled bezel and culminates in the tastefully cambered sapphire crystal, which spans the dial like a transparent dome. Its arc is echoed in the slight curvature of the screwed back, which has a somewhat concave form that conforms to the shape of its wearer’s wrist. The back is engraved with a regal and the monogram of Grace Kelly. The fluted and readily grasped crown looks especially attractive when viewed from the side. Each winding-button on models with gold cases bears Montblanc’s patented diamond: the exquisitely colorless gem is cut and polished with forty-three facets to form Montblanc’s logo. The brand’s symbol appears as a mother-of-pearl inlay on each stainless steel watch.
A consummately designed watch like this one is an ideal field on which jewelers can give free reign to their creativity and craftsmanship. This is especially true for the breathtaking and unique haute joaillerie watches, on which gemstone-specialists enjoyed nearly unlimited artistic freedom. Here they’ve been inspired by the love of flowers, for which Princess Gracia Patricia was famed, not solely because of her fantastic rose garden. Floral adoration is expressed in the one-of-a-kind “Pétales de Rose motif” model, on which countless rose-petal contours adorn a white mother-of-pearl dial and nestle closely side by side to form a precious white gold bracelet that scintillates with the gorgeous fire of 605 brilliant-cut diamonds weighing a total of ca. 6.09 carats. In the unique piece “Pétales Entrelacés motif,” the shape of rose petals appears in red gold indices on the dial and as perfectly interlaced red gold loops, which combine with 567 diamonds (ca. 6.842 ct) and twine around the wrist of the lucky lady who can call this watch her own. Each of these two unique timepieces has forty-four diamond baguettes around its bezel and 130 brilliant-cut diamonds along its dial’s flange, where they glitter under the protection of an overarching sapphire crystal.
The other watch models in the Montblanc ‘Collection Princesse Grace de Monaco’ bear the symbol of the rose petal in the form of a pink sapphire teardrop that simultaneously adorns the dial and also serves as an index to mark the “6 o’clock” position.
Creative minds and skilled hands in Montblanc’s ateliers have thus given birth to a rich palette of fantastic and unmistakable bejeweled wristwatches. Alongside the two breathtaking and unique haute joaillerie watches, the series also includes sets of eight and twenty-nine limited-edition diamond-studded watches and, for daily wear, charming ladies’ watches with stainless steel cases and precious diamond embellishments. All of these timepieces are studded in best jeweler’s tradition with brilliant-cut and baguette-cut diamonds: the total weight of the gems ranges from 0.45 to 9.363 carats, depending on the model. The two lavish and unique watches are affixed to richly diamond-studded gold bracelets; the other timepieces have alligator-leather straps with pronged buckles.
One model from the Montblanc ‘Collection Princesse Grace de Monaco’, produced in a strictly limited edition of eight watches, was shown in Monaco in September 2011; the others will follow until April 2012. They complete an irresistibly feminine and uncommonly elegant collection of watches that span a broad spectrum in which each model exemplifies tasteful style and noblesse – just like their namesake, Princess Gracia Patricia of Monaco, who always set the most elegant standards, whether she wore a simple daytime dress or an elaborate evening gown with a diadem in her coiffure.
The haute joaillerie “Pétales de Rose motif” model is a ravishing and unique masterpiece of the jeweler’s art in eighteen carat white gold with nearly 8.8 carats of precious gemstones. The bezel alone bears forty-four colorless baguette-cut diamonds, each of which is set by hand in accord with all the rules and usages of the jeweler’s art. The dial is crafted from mother-of-pearl with rhodium-plated hands and numerals, accented by diamond motifs in the shape of rose petals. The form of these petals is echoed and appropriately continued by the white gold links of the playfully feminine haute joaillerie bracelet. Epitomizing superlative artistic craftsmanship and manufactured from the most precious materials, this creative masterpiece beautifully honors the unforgettable style of the lady whose name it eternalizes.
The “Pétales Entrelacés motif’’ (i.e. “Interlaced Petals”) high jewellery watch model is the second unique wristwatch created in honor of the unforgotten Princess Gracia of Monaco and to benefit her nonprofit foundation. Here too, the watch’s creators have combined precious ingredients, meticulous craftsmanship and ingenious creativity to produce a little masterpiece of which only one piece exists in the entire world. The bezel is beautified with forty-four baguette-cut diamonds and the crown is embellished with the patented Montblanc diamond: a limpid white diamond, cut with forty-three facets into the shape of Montblanc’s logo. The white mother-of-pearl dial bears twelve petal-shaped hour indices plated with red gold and studded with eleven diamonds; a lone pink sapphire thrones atop the twelfth index at “6 o’clock.” The background is a fine engraving of interlaced lines which continue into the haute joaillerie bracelet: this little artwork, consisting in part of individual moveable links, is entirely handcrafted from eighteen carat red gold and is adorned, in accord with all the rules and usages of the jeweler’s art, with 576 diamonds weighing a total of 6.842 carats. It’s an imperishable homage to the unforgotten Princess of Monaco, whose charitable heart and unstinting dedication are honored in this precious and unique artwork.
The watches in this lavishly gemstone-studded limited edition are affixed to alligator-leather straps, so the number of carats is significantly lower than on the unique editions. But each gem sparkles with all the fire of a precious diamond. There are forty-four baguette-cut diamonds on the bezel and thirty-two baguette-cut diamonds on the horns, as well as a pavé of 130 diamonds on the flange, diamond-studded hour indices, a finely wasp-waisted rain of diamonds that look as though they were trickling through the neck of a sandglass and, of course, a pink sapphire at “6 o’clock.” Here too the crown is adorned with an exclusive Montblanc diamond weighing ca. 0.055 carat. The mother-of-pearl dial shimmers with the same ivory hue as the bracelet, which is crafted from alligator leather with large reptilian scales.
Each of the twenty-nine wristwatches that together comprise the limited edition of the Montblanc ‘Collection Princesse Grace de Monaco’ has an eighteen carat red gold case studded with gems weighing a total of 1.47 carat and is affixed to an alligator-leather strap. The bezel is embellished with 126 brilliant-cut diamonds set in two rows along the sides and arranged in a single row between the horns to form a sparkling oval that’s echoed by 130 brilliant-cut diamonds along the flange around the dial. Additional gems adorn the horns, six diamonds serve as indices to mark the hours, and forty-five brilliant-cut diamonds surround the seconds subdial as though they were a necklace with a pink sapphire pendant. On this wristwatch too, Montblanc’s trademark is eternalized in the form of a diamond in the crown.
Montblanc also offers charmingly feminine timepieces from the ‘Collection Princesse Grace de Monaco’ for a moderate price. These watches give faithful admirers of the still unforgotten Princess a lovely way to wear a timeless memorial to this remarkable lady, while simultaneously supporting her charitable foundation. The silvery gleam of the stainless steel case surround a dial adorned with six diamond indices, a teardrop-shaped pink sapphire at “6 o’clock” and a glittering wreath of 130 brilliant-cut diamonds along the flange. Depending on the model, the numerals and the feuille-shaped hands are plated either with red gold or rhodium. These wristwatches are affixed to alligator-leather straps with large reptilian scales. The model with accents plated in red gold comes with a white strap; the watch with rhodium-plated numerals and hands is worn on a black strap.
Sleekly Simple Refinement with Instantly Recognizable Provenance
The circular case has a decidedly contemporary diameter of thirty-four millimeters. The perfectly round dial contrasts with and gains fascinating excitement from an elliptical flange (réhaut) with its long axis running from the “12” to the “6.” Like the unforgotten princess, whose unsurpassed style was based on uncomplicated forms and simple gestures that unfurled their full graciousness only in skilful combination, so too is this wristwatch unmistakably “Gracia Patricia.”
The lovely impression is also conveyed in side view, a perspective from which watches are seldom viewed. The horns point slightly downwards for an anatomically perfect fit. This same angle continues across the beveled bezel and culminates in the tastefully cambered sapphire crystal, which spans the dial like a transparent dome. Its arc is echoed in the slight curvature of the screwed back, which has a somewhat concave form that conforms to the shape of its wearer’s wrist. The back is engraved with a regal and the monogram of Grace Kelly. The fluted and readily grasped crown looks especially attractive when viewed from the side. Each winding-button on models with gold cases bears Montblanc’s patented diamond: the exquisitely colorless gem is cut and polished with forty-three facets to form Montblanc’s logo. The brand’s symbol appears as a mother-of-pearl inlay on each stainless steel watch.
The Highest Art of the Jeweler’s Guild
A consummately designed watch like this one is an ideal field on which jewelers can give free reign to their creativity and craftsmanship. This is especially true for the breathtaking and unique haute joaillerie watches, on which gemstone-specialists enjoyed nearly unlimited artistic freedom. Here they’ve been inspired by the love of flowers, for which Princess Gracia Patricia was famed, not solely because of her fantastic rose garden. Floral adoration is expressed in the one-of-a-kind “Pétales de Rose motif” model, on which countless rose-petal contours adorn a white mother-of-pearl dial and nestle closely side by side to form a precious white gold bracelet that scintillates with the gorgeous fire of 605 brilliant-cut diamonds weighing a total of ca. 6.09 carats. In the unique piece “Pétales Entrelacés motif,” the shape of rose petals appears in red gold indices on the dial and as perfectly interlaced red gold loops, which combine with 567 diamonds (ca. 6.842 ct) and twine around the wrist of the lucky lady who can call this watch her own. Each of these two unique timepieces has forty-four diamond baguettes around its bezel and 130 brilliant-cut diamonds along its dial’s flange, where they glitter under the protection of an overarching sapphire crystal.
The other watch models in the Montblanc ‘Collection Princesse Grace de Monaco’ bear the symbol of the rose petal in the form of a pink sapphire teardrop that simultaneously adorns the dial and also serves as an index to mark the “6 o’clock” position.
Creative minds and skilled hands in Montblanc’s ateliers have thus given birth to a rich palette of fantastic and unmistakable bejeweled wristwatches. Alongside the two breathtaking and unique haute joaillerie watches, the series also includes sets of eight and twenty-nine limited-edition diamond-studded watches and, for daily wear, charming ladies’ watches with stainless steel cases and precious diamond embellishments. All of these timepieces are studded in best jeweler’s tradition with brilliant-cut and baguette-cut diamonds: the total weight of the gems ranges from 0.45 to 9.363 carats, depending on the model. The two lavish and unique watches are affixed to richly diamond-studded gold bracelets; the other timepieces have alligator-leather straps with pronged buckles.
One model from the Montblanc ‘Collection Princesse Grace de Monaco’, produced in a strictly limited edition of eight watches, was shown in Monaco in September 2011; the others will follow until April 2012. They complete an irresistibly feminine and uncommonly elegant collection of watches that span a broad spectrum in which each model exemplifies tasteful style and noblesse – just like their namesake, Princess Gracia Patricia of Monaco, who always set the most elegant standards, whether she wore a simple daytime dress or an elaborate evening gown with a diadem in her coiffure.
Montblanc ‘Collection Princesse Grace de Monaco’ “Pétales de Rose motif”
Unique Haute Joaillerie White Gold Wristwatch
The haute joaillerie “Pétales de Rose motif” model is a ravishing and unique masterpiece of the jeweler’s art in eighteen carat white gold with nearly 8.8 carats of precious gemstones. The bezel alone bears forty-four colorless baguette-cut diamonds, each of which is set by hand in accord with all the rules and usages of the jeweler’s art. The dial is crafted from mother-of-pearl with rhodium-plated hands and numerals, accented by diamond motifs in the shape of rose petals. The form of these petals is echoed and appropriately continued by the white gold links of the playfully feminine haute joaillerie bracelet. Epitomizing superlative artistic craftsmanship and manufactured from the most precious materials, this creative masterpiece beautifully honors the unforgettable style of the lady whose name it eternalizes.
| Case | |
| Material |
18 ct white gold |
| Bezel |
18 ct white gold with 44 baguette-cut diamonds (ca. 2.04 ct) |
| Crystal over dial |
Cambered sapphire crystal, antireflective on both surfaces |
| Back of case |
18 ct white gold engraved with Princess Grace’s monogram |
| Crown |
18 ct white gold with patented Montblanc diamond (ca. 0.055 ct) |
| Dial | White mother-of-pearl with silver-colored numerals, 62 diamonds (ca. 0.249 ct) and pink sapphire index (ca. 0.02 ct) at “6 o’clock” Flange with 130 diamonds (ca. 0.31 ct) |
| Hands |
Rhodium-plated feuille-shaped hands |
| Dimensions | Diameter = 34 mm Height = 10 mm |
| Watertightness |
To 3 bar (30 meters) |
| Bracelet | |
| Material | 18 ct white gold with 605 diamonds (ca.6.09 ct) |
| Caliber | Montblanc 4810/160 |
| Functions |
Hours and minutes from the center |
| Number of rubies | 4 |
| Ident 107934 |
Montblanc ‘Collection Princesse Grace de Monaco’ “Pétales Entrelacés motif”
Unique Haute Joaillerie Red Gold Wristwatch
The “Pétales Entrelacés motif’’ (i.e. “Interlaced Petals”) high jewellery watch model is the second unique wristwatch created in honor of the unforgotten Princess Gracia of Monaco and to benefit her nonprofit foundation. Here too, the watch’s creators have combined precious ingredients, meticulous craftsmanship and ingenious creativity to produce a little masterpiece of which only one piece exists in the entire world. The bezel is beautified with forty-four baguette-cut diamonds and the crown is embellished with the patented Montblanc diamond: a limpid white diamond, cut with forty-three facets into the shape of Montblanc’s logo. The white mother-of-pearl dial bears twelve petal-shaped hour indices plated with red gold and studded with eleven diamonds; a lone pink sapphire thrones atop the twelfth index at “6 o’clock.” The background is a fine engraving of interlaced lines which continue into the haute joaillerie bracelet: this little artwork, consisting in part of individual moveable links, is entirely handcrafted from eighteen carat red gold and is adorned, in accord with all the rules and usages of the jeweler’s art, with 576 diamonds weighing a total of 6.842 carats. It’s an imperishable homage to the unforgotten Princess of Monaco, whose charitable heart and unstinting dedication are honored in this precious and unique artwork.
| Case |
|
| Material |
18 ct red gold |
| Bezel |
18 ct red gold with 44 baguette-cut diamonds (ca. 2.04 ct) |
| Crystal over dial | Cambered sapphire crystal, antireflective on both surfaces |
| Back of case | 18 ct red gold engraved with Princess Grace’s monogram |
| Crown | 18 ct red gold with patented Montblanc diamond (ca. 0.055 ct) |
| Dial |
White mother-of-pearl with indices plated with red gold, 12 diamonds (ca. 0.114 ct) and pink drop-shaped sapphire (ca. 0.02 ct) at “6 o’clock” Flange set with 130 diamonds (ca. 0.31 ct) |
| Hands |
Feuille-shaped hands plated with red gold |
| Dimensions | Diameter = 34 mm Height = 10 mm |
| Watertightness | To 3 bar (30 meters) |
| Bracelet | |
| Material |
18 ct red gold with 567 diamonds (ca. 6.842 ct) |
| Caliber |
Montblanc 4810/160 |
| Functions |
Hours and minutes from the center |
| Number of rubies | 4 |
| Ident 107935 |
Montblanc ‘Collection Princesse Grace de Monaco’
Limited Edition of Eight Timepieces
The watches in this lavishly gemstone-studded limited edition are affixed to alligator-leather straps, so the number of carats is significantly lower than on the unique editions. But each gem sparkles with all the fire of a precious diamond. There are forty-four baguette-cut diamonds on the bezel and thirty-two baguette-cut diamonds on the horns, as well as a pavé of 130 diamonds on the flange, diamond-studded hour indices, a finely wasp-waisted rain of diamonds that look as though they were trickling through the neck of a sandglass and, of course, a pink sapphire at “6 o’clock.” Here too the crown is adorned with an exclusive Montblanc diamond weighing ca. 0.055 carat. The mother-of-pearl dial shimmers with the same ivory hue as the bracelet, which is crafted from alligator leather with large reptilian scales.
| Case |
|
| Material |
18 ct red gold with 32 baguette-cut diamonds (ca. 1.26 ct) |
| Bezel |
18 ct red gold with 44 baguette-cut diamonds (ca. 2.04 ct) |
| Crystal over dial | Cambered sapphire crystal, antireflective on both surfaces |
| Back of case | 18 ct red gold engraved with Princess Grace’s monogram |
| Crown | 18 ct red gold with patented Montblanc diamond (ca. 0.055 ct) |
| Dial |
White mother-of-pearl with diamond indices and pink teardrop-shaped sapphire (ca. 0.02 ct) at “6 o’clock” Flange set with 130 diamonds (ca. 0.31 ct) |
| Hands |
Feuille-shaped hands plated with red gold |
| Dimensions | Diameter = 34 mm Height = 10 mm |
| Watertightness | To 3 bar (30 meters) |
| Bracelet | |
| Material |
White alligator leather |
| Caliber |
Montblanc 4810/160 |
| Functions |
Hours and minutes from the center, seconds on subdial at “6 o’clock” |
| Number of rubies | 4 |
| Ident 107936 |
Montblanc ‘Collection Princesse Grace de Monaco’
Limited Edition of Twenty-Nine Timepieces
Each of the twenty-nine wristwatches that together comprise the limited edition of the Montblanc ‘Collection Princesse Grace de Monaco’ has an eighteen carat red gold case studded with gems weighing a total of 1.47 carat and is affixed to an alligator-leather strap. The bezel is embellished with 126 brilliant-cut diamonds set in two rows along the sides and arranged in a single row between the horns to form a sparkling oval that’s echoed by 130 brilliant-cut diamonds along the flange around the dial. Additional gems adorn the horns, six diamonds serve as indices to mark the hours, and forty-five brilliant-cut diamonds surround the seconds subdial as though they were a necklace with a pink sapphire pendant. On this wristwatch too, Montblanc’s trademark is eternalized in the form of a diamond in the crown.
| Case |
|
| Material |
18 ct red gold with 40 diamonds (ca. 0.28 ct) |
| Bezel |
18 ct red gold with 126 diamonds (ca. 0.618 ct) |
| Crystal over dial | Cambered sapphire crystal, antireflective on both surfaces |
| Back of case | 18 ct red gold engraved with Princess Grace’s monogram |
| Crown | 18 ct red gold with patented Montblanc diamond (ca. 0.055 ct) |
| Dial |
White mother-of-pearl with numerals plated with red gold, 45 diamonds
(0.108 ct) and pink teardrop-shaped sapphire (ca. 0.02 ct) at “6
o’clock” Flange with 130 diamonds (ca. 0.31 ct) |
| Hands |
Feuille-shaped hands plated with red gold |
| Dimensions | Diameter = 34 mm Height = 10 mm |
| Watertightness | To 3 bar (30 meters) |
| Bracelet | |
| Material |
White alligator leather |
| Caliber |
Montblanc 4810/160 |
| Functions |
Hours and minutes from the center, seconds on subdial at “6 o’clock” |
| Number of rubies | 4 |
| Ident 106887 |
Montblanc ‘Collection Princesse Grace de Monaco’
Stainless Steel
Montblanc also offers charmingly feminine timepieces from the ‘Collection Princesse Grace de Monaco’ for a moderate price. These watches give faithful admirers of the still unforgotten Princess a lovely way to wear a timeless memorial to this remarkable lady, while simultaneously supporting her charitable foundation. The silvery gleam of the stainless steel case surround a dial adorned with six diamond indices, a teardrop-shaped pink sapphire at “6 o’clock” and a glittering wreath of 130 brilliant-cut diamonds along the flange. Depending on the model, the numerals and the feuille-shaped hands are plated either with red gold or rhodium. These wristwatches are affixed to alligator-leather straps with large reptilian scales. The model with accents plated in red gold comes with a white strap; the watch with rhodium-plated numerals and hands is worn on a black strap.
| Case |
|
| Material |
Stainless steel |
| Bezel |
Stainless steel |
| Crystal over dial | Cambered sapphire crystal, antireflective on both surfaces |
| Back of case | Stainless steel engraved with Princess Grace’s monogram |
| Crown | Stainless steel with Montblanc’s emblem in mother-of-pearl |
| Dial |
White dial, numerals plated with red gold, six diamonds (0.02 ct) and pink teardrop-shaped sapphire (ca. 0.02 ct) at “6 o’clock,” flange set with 130 diamonds (ca. 0.31 ct) |
| Hands |
Feuille-shaped hands plated with red gold |
| Dimensions | Diameter = 34 mm Height = 9.7 mm |
| Watertightness | To 3 bar (30 meters) |
| Bracelet | |
| Material |
White alligator leather |
| Caliber |
Montblanc 4810/160 |
| Functions |
Hours and minutes from the center, seconds on subdial at “6 o’clock” |
| Number of rubies | 4 |
| Ident 106499 | |
| Variants | |
| Dials |
White with silver-colored numerals, six diamonds (0.02 ct) and pink teardrop-shaped sapphire (ca. 0.02 ct) at “6 o’clock,” flange set with 130 diamonds (ca. 0.31 ct) |
| Hands | Feuille-shaped hands plated with rhodium |
| Bracelet | |
| Material | Black alligator-leather strap with pronged buckle |
| Ident 106884 |
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