BREAKING WAVES

May 2016



by Jeta B & Serge Maillard

THE GREAT WAVE

Issey Miyake, Paris Fashion Week SS16
Issey Miyake, Paris Fashion Week SS16
Photos Estelle Hanania

GARAUDE - Hokusai Collection

Garaude - Hokusai Large Hoop
Garaude - Hokusai Large Hoop

Garaude’s Hokusai collection is a homage to the illustrious Japanese painter who inspired so many European artists in the nineteenth century. The Great Wave of Kanagawa is inspired by Hokusai’s painting with the same name, also known as The Great Wave. The Great Wave was recreated using titanium – a very light material. While very difficult to execute because of the unique demands of casting titanium, the wave’s motion is highlighted by the sharp colours that this metal allows and enhanced with diamonds at the crest of the wave. A great wave indeed!

BOUCHERON - Epure Vague de Lumière

Boucheron - Epure Vague de Lumière
Boucheron - Epure Vague de Lumière

The Great Hokusai Wave has also inspired jewellery watch designs. Boucheron’s Vague de Lumière, a reinterpretation of Hokusai’s wave, is born of a fabulous mixture of materials and settings — white gold, diamonds, and polished hematite. The amplitude of its volumes accentuated by the play of brilliance successfully interprets the naturalism so dear to the Maison Boucheron.

VAN CLEEF & ARPELS - Seven Seas Collection

Van Cleef & Arpels - Seven Seas Collection
Van Cleef & Arpels - Seven Seas Collection
Mer De Vent brooch (left), Vagues Mystérieuses brooch (right)

Highlighting the deep colour of the sapphire, coiled, overlapping waves evoke the rolling surf of the Caspian Sea.

THE BOTTA WAVE

Nicola Botta | INTERNATIONAL JEWELLERY LONDON
Nicola Botta | INTERNATIONAL JEWELLERY LONDON

Drawing inspiration from nature, Botta Gioielli’s handmade collections are distinguished by their light and harmonious forms, made to mould into the wearer’s personality.

“On a strong windy day on a sunny beach in Sardinia, a strange cloud caught my attention making me think that nature creates beautiful shapes, which you can admire only at specific moments and in a certain places...I believe that sometimes, wonderful scenes can create fantastic jewels.”

Botta - Ocean Wave
Botta - Ocean Wave
Bracelet in 18K rose gold with rubies and diamonds and Necklace in 18K rose gold with rubies and diamonds

The Waves collection unveils the harmonious grace of sea-waves presented in breathtaking rose gold designs dotted with tsavorite, ruby, and sapphire stones. The collection aims to reproduce what surprises us with spectacular forms and extraordinary natural environments. When asked about what inspires him, Nicola tells you how wind can draw endless cloud patterns in the sky, tree branches can be woven into harmonious structures and waves breaking on the sand can draw endless wavy lines.

THE EBEL WAVE

Diamonds have been talked about for ages; Jean-Paul Sartre – in philosophical book form – to Rihanna – in song form. Now Ebel has entered the discussion too – in watch form.

Ebel Wave - Model 1216268
Ebel Wave - Model 1216268
Women’s EBEL Wave Lady watch, 30.0 mm brushed and polished stainless steel case, wave-patterned pink mother-of-pearl dial with 11 diamond markers (0.043 t.c.w.) and applied EBEL symbol and indexes, brushed and polished stainless steel signature wave-link bracelet with folding clasp.

The jewel in Ebel’s “crown” (get it?) of luxury timepieces, is the new Ebel Wave Diamond Dial. The watch features a luminous white mother-of-pearl dial inlaid with diamonds in an undulating wave pattern, drawing from its signature iconic bracelet with its wave-shaped links. A stunning example of 18K yellow gold and steel, the watch is a piece of jewellery in its own right. The watch is made for every woman who deserves her very own special red carpet moment, bringing sophistication and A-list glamour to any situation.

Ebel Wave - Model 1216271
Ebel Wave - Model 1216271
Quartz movement. Women’s EBEL Wave Lady watch, 30.0 mm stainless steel case with 58-diamond 18K yellow gold bezel and 18K yellow gold crown, wave-patterned white mother-of-pearl dial with 94 inlaid diamonds (0.575 t.c.w. diamonds), two-toned stainless steel signature wave-link bracelet with folding clasp.

Did you know? Ebel was founded in 1911 by husband and wife Eugene Blum and Alice Levy, in La Chauxde- Fonds, Switzerland. Ebel is now renowned for its iconic bracelet design with wave-shaped links. Seems like their work-life balance worked out quite well!