{"id":35351,"date":"2019-11-29T10:08:40","date_gmt":"2019-11-29T08:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/?p=35351"},"modified":"2019-11-29T10:10:11","modified_gmt":"2019-11-29T08:10:11","slug":"the-midas-touch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/technique-n-en\/technique-technique-n-en\/the-midas-touch.html","title":{"rendered":"THE MIDAS TOUCH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><strong><i>Finely crafted gold surfaces mingled with fragile mother-of-pearl sculptures, delicately set precious stones matching bright enamel colors \u2013 poetry <\/i><i>permeates each and every detail <\/i><i>of the Magic Lotus Automaton watch, <\/i><i>a naturalist masterpiece crafted by Jaquet Droz\u2019s finest craftsmen.<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">J<\/span>aquet Droz already played a pioneering role in the field of opulent 18<span class=\"s2\">th <\/span>century decorative techniques. Enamel, gold-or silver-leaf <i>paillons<\/i>, miniature painting, sculpture or engraving served to adorn countless pocket watches, urns and snuffboxes, bird cages as well as automatons, transforming each of the brand&#8217;s heritage pieces into rare and exceptionally refined objects. These crafts are still expressed today in the Jaquet Droz Art Ateliers, bringing to life exquisitely stylish artefacts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">To design the fantastic naturalist fresco on the dial of the Magic Lotus Automaton, Jaquet Droz called upon the combined talents of its finest artisans. The watch face is composed of three parts. All around the gold-ringed onyx time disk, the visual journey begins at the surface of the water, graced with ripples created by meticulous engraving and painting entirely done by hand. Red stems and lotus foliage engraved and decorated with Grand Feu enamel, lotus flowers carved in mother-of-pearl and enhanced with a thin layer of translucent paint, finely engraved gold chalices as well as precision-set gems \u2013 diamonds, a ruby, a blue sapphire and a yellow sapphire \u2013 bloom on all sides of the dial. Even the dainty dragonfly, whose graceful progression indicates the power reserve, features superb gold engraving and miniature painting. Inspired by the perpetual cycle of the four seasons, this artistic depiction of a Zen garden is complemented by the undulations of a hand-engraved gold Koi carp which, with a swish of its tail, creates the illusion of swimming along the river in a vertical up-and-down movement. This poetic vision of a legendary scene is crafted by virtuoso artisans whose skills invite us to dream and awaken our inner child.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b><i>Magic Lotus Automaton <\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>CASE : <\/b><\/span>red gold or white gold <span class=\"s1\"><b>DIAMETER : <\/b><\/span>43mm\u00a0<span class=\"s1\"><b>MOVEMENT : <\/b><\/span>mechanical self-winding, Jaquet Droz Caliber 2653 AT2, 68-hour power reserve\u00a0<span class=\"s1\"><b>FUNCTIONS : <\/b><\/span>hours, minutes, dragonfly-shaped automaton power-reserve indication <span class=\"s1\"><b>DIAL : <\/b><\/span>onyx, hand-painted and engraved white mother-of-pearl, lotus flowers set with seven diamonds, a ruby, a sapphire, a blue sapphire and a yellow sapphire <span class=\"s1\"><b>CASEBACK : <\/b><\/span>sapphire crystal <span class=\"s1\"><b>WATER RESISTANCE : <\/b><\/span>30m <span class=\"s1\"><b>STRAP : <\/b><\/span>alligator leather <span class=\"s1\"><b>LIMITED EDITION : <\/b><\/span>28 pieces in red gold, 28 in white gold<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finely crafted gold surfaces mingled with fragile mother-of-pearl sculptures, delicately set precious stones matching bright [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":35349,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1674,505],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35351"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35351"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35354,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35351\/revisions\/35354"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}