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BOUCHERON/GIRARD-PERREGAUX LADYHAWKE TOURBILLON WATCH
THE CREATIVE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN BOUCHERON AND GIRARD-PERREGAUX, INITIATED IN 2007, CULMINATED RECENTLY IN A TRULY UNIQUE TIMEPIECE BEATING WITH THE FAMOUS TOUBILLON WITH THREE GOLD BRIDGES. THE MOVEMENT IS A MODERN, ETHEREAL REINTERPRETATION OF THE CALIBRE CONSTANT GIRARD-PERREGAUX PRESENTED AT THE 1889 PARIS UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION, EARNING HIM A GOLD MEDAL, THE VERY SAME YEAR FREDERIC BOUCHERON WAS SIMILARLY REWARDED IN THE JEWELRY CATEGORY. WITH THE LADYHAWKE, A FALCON CLUTCHING A WATCH POWERED BY THE TOURBILLON, BOUCHERON IS FURTHER STRENGTHENING ITS IMAGE AS A JEWELER SPECIALIZED IN WATCHES, WITH ANIMALS AS THE FOCUS POINT OF ITS CREATIONS. WITH THIS UNIQUE PIECE, THE HOUSE'S MASTER CRAFTSMEN ARE OFFERING LOVERS OF RARE SOULFUL OBJECTS A FALCON FASHIONED FROM GOLD ADORNED WITH THE PLUMAGE OF STUNNING PRECIOUS STONES. THIS MAJESTIC PRINCE OF THE HEAVENS, EVER LOYAL COMPANION TO THE POWERFUL, EVOKES MEMORIES OF THE ITALIAN MEDIEVAL LEGEND RECOUNTED IN THE 1985 FILM LADYHAWKE. A TALE OF LOVE, MYSTERY AND MAGIC, WHERE THE HEROINE TURNS FALCON BY DAY AND BEAUTIFUL WOMAN BY NIGHT. THE PIECE OF UNCOMMON PRESENCE IS SET WITH A GRADIENT OF 833 DIAMONDS TOTALING MORE THAN 25 CARATS, AND TRULY STANDS OUT AS A MILESTONE IN BOUCHERON'S ART JEWELRY MAKING. THE BOUCHERON/GIRARD-PERREGAUX LADYHAWKE TOURBILLON TIMEPIECE IS TRULY A ONE OF A KIND CREATION.
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