Hold onto your wristbands, folks! Louis Erard has teamed up with Wire Art Switzerland to introduce a new horological masterpiece: the Fil d’Or. This latest collaboration invites collectors to delight in a watch face that’s practically a gold-thread sculpture. Each of the 2,320 micro-threads of 24K gold on the dial is thinner than the hair you’re losing while reading this! Art meets tech in a dazzling trompe-l’oeil motif, creating a playful dance of light, depth, and texture.
The creative minds of Sylvie Villa and Mark Miehlbradt have taken machines once used for microchip bonding and given them a new job: carefully placing each golden thread with the precision of a Swiss chocolatier crafting pralines. The process sounds like a mission from a sci-fi flick – laser-etched baseplates, micro-soldered connections, and calibration down to the micron level.
The Fil d’Or is encased in a sleek 39 mm stainless steel Noirmont case and accompanied by a chic beige leather strap. It’s as if the watch dial has put on its best evening attire and paired with freshly manicured, rhodium-plated hands. And for the final dose of exclusivity, only 99 of these mini-masterpieces will be gracing the wrists of the lucky few. It’s not just a watch; it’s wearable art!
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