Watches Review Center Report: The unique charm of the ancient clock, making it popular by collectors of joy in many of the ancient enamel table clock turned around the most magnificent of concern. Royal Queen from the Qing Dynasty to the present Patek Philippe, Vacheron Constantin, Rolex, Omega, and other world big easily worth tens of million, and frequently burst out in the auction price, all convey a message to us: enamel table far beyond the value of a watch, it is because of luxurious elegance Shenju investment value to the collection, there is great market potential.
Some say the ancient clock not just a nostalgia, or a history of art. The passage of time, the world's change, all the good and the painful memories are in clock time and time again to be reproduced. "Titanic" remains in a gold pocket watch sold for $ 25,000 was the price, even though the watch had already stopped working, but still higher than its original value three times the price shot. Nora Keane is a master watch year "Titanic" of Irish immigrants on the one survived, when she emigrated from Ireland, Limerick, Pennsylvania, Nora returned to her mother after 4 months take the "Titanic" was returned to the U.S.. After the shipwreck, Nora rescued by lifeboat No. 10, but the flooding damaged the watch. An expert on the auction house buyer, said: "This is a lovely romantic story. You buy piece of history."
Made by the hand-painted enamel table, exquisite workmanship, and the production process there are many unpredictable factors, such as firing when the heat is different and so, that may not use the same glaze can burn the same color. The beauty of enamel table, almost every table in enamel only reason to become collectors.
From the 18th century, painted enamel in the enamel table has been fully interpreted. Enamel form at the time, mostly linked to the table, beautifully refined, elegant. Classified according to the site of color applied, there are single-sided, double-sided and painted three; the subject matter by the division, there is beauty, people, animals, landscapes, Bible stories, war scenes and customs, especially among those subjects beautiful figure majority. Validated for decorative enamel tables of the rich gas, often inlaid with pearl holder, or to impose engraved gold frame technology, to highlight the appreciation of enamel paint. More to the table Taigu enamel gilt copper, some silver products, but the gold is extremely rare. The enamel was usually accompanied by silver chain table, were also subjected to the precious enamel. We now can see the Western enamel table, is the sheer number of imports, but there are many child after the draw blank firing imported into China, most of them are antique Qianlong period.
Enamel device as an alternative technology, Cloisonne also have application in the dial. Such as the works of Vacheron Constantin "American waterfowl," to use this technology. This is a limited edition enamel table, a full set of 12, all use dial filigree enamel. This works for up to four hundred hours after completion of the processing processes, the whole works with 30 different colors, to prepare 30 kinds of glaze, and then start from the high melting point of the glaze baking, repeated 30 times. Once the process has a glaze cracks, the whole dial scrapped. Filigree enamel dial manufacturing success rate of less than 50%, so very precious, and rare in the market.
Enamel table is self-evident late into China by the Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng and Qianlong emperor's favorite. Qing Dynasty, China was the world's biggest buyer of the watch market. At that time, Western manufacturers watches designed to meet the tastes of the Chinese people watch the Qing craftsmen and therefore started the development of clocks and watches, so the Qing Dynasty in China left a rich European clocks and watches, also left individual countries belonging to different periods of culture and art style. These clocks mainly from Britain, France, Switzerland, China enamel table collection of the mainstream market. Rui Shihuai table while the majority of Chinese consumers to meet the special, attractive appearance, shape and diverse, in addition to commonly used round, there are fan-shaped, lock, fruit, insects, such as modeling. Case generally use gold, silver, copper and other materials, some in the case painted figures, flowers, birds and animals painted enamel and inlaid with pearls, diamonds.
Swiss top watch brand broadcast Bovet has puzzled with the fate of China. Back in 1822 (Qing Daoguang), Bovet Edouard Bovet, founder of the Qing government began to sell their high nobility of Western high-end watches, and soon became a favorite of wealthy Chinese watch brand. In 1824, Bovet began production at the Chinese market for the enamel and pearl decoration on the Round Table, to meet the Chinese "dual gifts" habits. Eclectic British style clocks, decorative copper on the most overall gold, gold-plated casing with red, green, blue, yellow, and white pigment stone inlaid flowers, all kinds of enamel patterns of subjects including architecture, natural landscape. They represent the UK in machinery manufacturing, metal, enamel, glass manufacturing, and other aspects of the superior technology, as well as music, painting, sculpture and other aspects of artistic level.
France is the world's oldest watch manufacture of one of the countries, the French King Louis XIV promote artistic creation, which is also reflected in the creation of watches and clocks. French clocks of this period to use more expensive materials and gold plating luxury, enamel table also has a very high artistic quality, forming a distinctive colorful style. Each enamel table watchmakers have condensed the essence of wisdom and the art of the times, so that collectors whom obsession.
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