Beautiful new colour codes brighten watches
Blancpain has introduced some gorgeous new colours for its Villeret Extraplate, Quantième Complet, Quantième Phases de Lune and Tourbillon Carrousel models, as well as new Ladybird Colors timepieces. These are beautiful new iterations to iconic watch models.
Deep green delights
In the wake of its perpetual calendar, Blancpain adorn its Villeret Extraplate, Quantième Complet, Quantième Phases de Lune and Tourbillon Carrousel models with its much-loved sunburst green dial, inspired by the Vallée de Joux fir trees surrounding the Manufacture in Le Brassus. Blancpain is therefore further enhancing the resonance of its history by continuing to implant this valley’s forests in its collection.
Timeless elegance
Synonymous with timeless elegance, the Villeret collection is characterised by the purity of its design and the technical sophistication of its movements. Highlighting the natural world around us, Blancpain unveils new timepieces in this collection attired in splendid shades of green, whose contrast with the 18 ct red gold of the characteristic double-stepped cases is captivating.
Villeret Extraplate
Elegantly understated, the Villeret Extraplate focuses on essential time indications (hours, minutes and seconds) while simply adding the date, leaving ample room to contemplate its new dial in a comforting green colour. This self-winding timepiece with its pared-down design reflects the DNA of the Villeret collection, its minimalist appearance belying the complexity hidden beneath the dial.
Villeret Quantième Phases de Lune
Graced with Blancpain’s famous moon phase, the Villeret Quantième Phases de Lune radiates a poetic aura. Featuring a beauty spot at the corner of its mouth along with closed eyelids framed by long eyelashes, the Brand’s feminine moon phase appears attired in all its beauty to enliven this timepiece. This benevolent face attunes the watch with lunar cycles, along with a date ring and a moon crescent-shaped hand. In a further nod to the starry sky, the dial and case are lit up by almost 1 ct of brilliant-cut diamonds, not forgetting the dainty sunburst pattern adorning the new green dial, whose soothing colour is picked up on the strap. This timepiece thus shines in radiant beauty both day and night.
Villeret Quantième Complet
This 40 mm 18 ct red gold timepiece indicating the date, day of the week and month through a date ring and two dedicated apertures is carefully proportioned to ensure optimum visual balance and reading comfort. The contrast between the new dial in a subtle shade of green and the red gold hands and hour-markers makes the information even easier to read, while adding unique warmth. To protect the complex calendar mechanism, Calibre 6654 is secured so as to enable the wearer to adjust the calendar indications whenever they wish, using Blancpain’s patented under-lug correctors that can be operated simply at the press of a finger.
Villeret Tourbillon Carrousel
This year, the Villeret Tourbillon Carrousel returns in a new guise, with a 44.6 mm 18 ct red gold case framing a dial in a dainty sunburst green shade that is as understated as it is sophisticated.
The tourbillon and the carrousel are among the great achievements aimed at reducing the effects of Earth’s gravity on a movement’s operation.Blancpain has combined these two regulators in a wristwatch by means of Calibre 2322: a flying tourbillon at 12 o’clock and a flying carrousel at 6 o’clock, along with a date display at 3 o’clock.This watch is noted for its admirable precision and its seven-day power reserve, indicated by a display visible through the sapphire crystal case back.
Ladybird Colors
Two colourful and lively new timepieces, each exuding sparkling personalities have been added to the Ladybird Colors collection. In a new coral blue shade evoking a radiant blue summer sky, the single-colour model brings a fresh, dynamic touch to the sunny season while the bold multicoloured numerals version is adorned with the exquisite face of Blancpain’s instantly recognisable feminine moon phase.
Expert craftsmanship
The dials of these models showcase expert craftsmanship with their playful use of proportions and textures. The Roman numerals vary in size, with those prominently displayed at the top becoming more subtle toward the bottom, creating a gradual and aesthetically pleasing transition.
The leather straps of these new Ladybird Colors timepieces add an extra touch of pizzazz: while a bright blue version enlivens the strap with matching numerals, the timepiece with the multicoloured numerals is accompanied by a set of five interchangeable straps in several colours (pink, blue, green, yellow and white). These straps are fitted with a pin buckle or folding clasp enabling quick, easy, tool-free changes, adapting in the blink of an eye to the mood of the moment.