Elite Traveler Fall 2019

INSPIRE TOP WATCHES

CHANEL SautoirMademoiselle Privé Coromandel For its Mademoiselle Privé collection, Chanel looks to the private world and passions of its founder, Gabrielle Chanel. The new Sautoir Coromandel, a one-of-a- kind timepiece, recalls the objects Gabrielle loved: In her office and home, she had beautiful black Chinese screens decorated with birds and scenes that inspired her. The dial features miniature, diamond-set, 18K beige gold-sculpted birds, branches and flowers that sit atop a black lacquered dial, all surrounded by a bezel set with 130 brilliant-cut diamonds. The black lacquer is created using Coromandel lacquer techniques that date to the 18th century. The watch is set on an incredible sautoir made of onyx and brilliant-cut diamonds. Below it hangs an onyx-bead tassel topped with even more diamonds. The caseback of the pendant watch is onyx with

a single diamond set in the center, for a total carat weight of 7.62. $421,000 in 18K beige gold, Chanel in New York, +1 212 535 5828, chanel.com

PIAGET Extremely Lady

For nearly 150 years, Piaget has earned its reputati as an outstanding watchmaker that is extremely skilled in ultra-thin movements as well as master goldsmiths and gem setters. The new Piaget Extre Lady watch puts its expertise on display and featu an all-new finish: The gold bracelet is completely h engraved to replicate the look of snakeskin. In Piag Plan-les-Ouates, Switzerland workshops, master artisans spend hundreds of hours engraving not ju the bracelet, but also the dial, to create a seamless look that appears to ripple when the light hits it at different angles. Each ‘scale’ is hand-brushed in different directions and with varying amounts of depth to achieve dimension. For an additional touch of glamour, the bezel is set with 24 brilliant-cut diamonds. $55,000 in 18K rose gold, Piaget in New York, +1 877 874 2438, piaget.com

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Two years ago, Graff unveiled a high-jewelry collection na Twombly, which was inspired by the late American artist, Twombly. It features loops and swirls in scintillating diamo its beauty captured the attention of socialites everywhere unveils the first wristwatch in the Twombly collection. The shimmering timepiece boasts a miniature, brilliant-cut, dia dial with a baguette-set outer bezel. Ribbons of diamonds swirling bracelet that surrounds the dial and fans out over A host of diamond cuts, including baguette, brilliant and a fancy cuts, are used in this wearable work of art. The diam meticulously set into the twisting and turning scrollwork, different look at every glance. The highly sculptural watch 244 invisibly set diamonds and weighs more than 25 cara $180,000 in 18K white gold, Graff in New York, +1 212 42 graff.com

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