When it can take several times to design and draft a beautiful wrist watches, they ca n’t exactly be said to follow trends. Despite this, there are a many themes( like foliage or fauna) that are an eternal source of alleviation for watchmakers and can appear time and time again, as they would on a oil or in a form.

The wonder of the welkin is one similar recreating theme, and numerous of this time’s most beautiful timekeepers – which lately made their debut at the periodic Watches and prodigies trade fair in Geneva – are cultural studies of the macrocosm, with its globes, moons and stars rendered in perfect model for the wrist.

maybe it’s about humanity’s perpetual curiosity with the macrocosm. maybe, during those long times of epidemic confinement, watchmakers were determined to reach out to perpetuity and beyond when designing their rearmost masterpieces. maybe it just looks enough. Whatever the reason, there were so numerous elysian timers on show this season, we could n’t help but suppose it might be a( bruit it) trend.
Below, we present our edit of the veritably finest elysian– inspired watches to invest in right now. All prices are available on request.

Hermès watches 

Conceived in 1978 and inspired by the movement of a running steed, Hermès Arceau watches always strike a careful balance between prankishness and meliorated detailing. This time’s replication features a shot of the solar system as if viewed by Antoine de Saint- Exupéry’s Petit Prince, rendered with an aventurine sky and three globes drafted from aragonite, mama – of- plum and luminous opal, all framed within a white diamond bezel.

Van Cleef & Arpels

The puck motif has lustered across Van Cleef & Arpels ’ watch and jewellery creations since the 1940s. This time, she appears on the enamelled dial of the house’s rearmost ‘ lyrical complications ’ watch, perched atop rolling mama – of- plum shadows beneath a starry sky. rather of the usual hour and nanosecond hands, hours are indicated in a round window at the puck’s bases, while her diamond- sloped magic wand points at the twinkles on the right of the dial.

Chanel watches

Gabrielle Chanel was an avaricious follower of divination. Born under the wheel sign of Leo, she took on the captain as her particular charm( indeed filling her apartment in Rue Cambon with a veritable pride of captain statues) and incorporated star– shaped motifs into her work throughout her career. With its new Astral watch collection, Chanel honours its author‘s love of the stars, as reprised in the new limited– edition Première Hyper Lucky Star, which has a diamond- speckled star charm attached to its white gold case.

Gucci

Gucci’s macrocosm is a polychromatic one, filled with dancing globes supplicated from precious rocks . At the heart of the new Planetarium watches lies a unique Flying Tourbillon movement called theGGC.1976. DS( named after one of our world’s brightest nebulas) which, when actuated by pushing the crown, sends 12 various gems spinning into route in a various display of imagination.

Dior watches

Christian Dior was also a big religionist in lucky stars. It’s said that in 1946 the developer nearly tripped over a metallic star that lay on the pavement of the Rue du Faubourg Saint- Honoré, which he took as an auspicious sign to set up his own Maison.

It’s this lucky star, drafted in unheroic gold, plus another in white gold, that can be seen shooting across the deep blue mama – of- plum dial of Dior’s new 38 mm Grand Soir watches, which features an image of the night sky above his cherished flagship at 30 Avenue Montaigne. Only 28 pieces will be made.

Vacheron Constantin

For the first time, Vacheron Constantin’s dégagé Overseas collection gets its own romantic lunar phase window( which tells you exactly where the moon is in its cycle) as well as its iconic retrograde date display – a feat which took three times to achieve. Made from satin- brushed sword with a blue lacquered ‘ starburst ’ dial, this formal genderless watches blends the house’s fabulous delicacy with a touch of star– gaping poeticism.

Patek Philippe

Yes, it has a complicated name. But the new tone– winding Aquanaut Luce, in elegant blue– slate, is a satiny and refined each– day, each– time watches  with an easy– to- read dial that gives you the day, date and time at a regard. Alongside this periodic timetable function, there’s a moon phase window at the 12 o’clock position that’s so accurate it only differs from the true lunar cycle by one day every 122 times.

Piaget

 

 

Using precious cosmetic monuments with gold is a house hand at Piaget, as instanced by the new Polo Perpetual timetable. In place of a dial, it has polished obsidian, which resembles a physical slice of the night sky, with three smart night–blue windows to display the day, month and date. A fourth window, at the 6 o’clock position, reveals the phase of the moon.

Chopard watches

Charting the way the dawn sky ultimately gives way to dusk was the complex task set for Chopard’s crafters this time. They delivered the Imperiale – an eye– catching 18k rose– gold watch with a mama – of- plum dial set on a gently rotating slice that changes with every fleeting hour, thanks to a unique tone– winding medium. Pale snow- set diamonds, indicating the day and time, evolve into a blue sapphire ‘ night ’ sparkling with bitsy gold stars.