Van Cleef & Arpels - Five weeks in a balloon

December 2010


At SIHH 2011, Van Cleef & Arpels presents a new model, the Poetic Complication® Five weeks in a balloon, inspired by the Jules Verne novel, Les Voyages Extraordinaires.

Van Cleef & Arpels - Five weeks in a balloon

The dial, decorated with champlevé enamel and inlaid with mother-of-pearl, depicts a hot air ballon rising into the air of Zanzibar. The hours and minutes are indicated by the retograde movement of theballoon’s anchor and a bird in flight.

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