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TORIC LEPINE SPECIAL
EDITION LALIQUE
CLOCK
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TORIC LEPINE
SPECIAL EDITION LALIQUE
CLOCK
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SPECIFICATIONS
FUNCTIONS
CASE
Model
PF355
Hours and minutes
Shape
Pocket watch
Movement
Winding: Manual
Minute repeater
Dimensions
Ø 55 mm – Thickness: 18.7 mm
Minute repeater movement,
Diamonds
316 “round” diamonds,
sounding the hours,
220 “baguette” diamonds
Carats: approximately 22.1200
quarter-hours and minutes,
DIAL
cathedral chimes with two gongs.
Material
950 platinum
Device for disengaging
MaterialMother-of-pearl
Finish Polished – Sealing: Dust-resistant
time-setting while the chime
Finish
Features a decorative “wave” Crystal
Anti-reflective sapphire
is sounding. H-Q-M sequence
pattern and cabochons in white Crown
Ø 8 mm set with a white
uninterrupted thanks to a regula-
mother of pearl.
opal cabochon
tor flywheel.
Hands
Skeleton javelin-shaped
Case-back Double case-back hand engraved
Power reserve: 72 hours
in 18 ct gold
with Lalique colourless, mirrored crystal. Engraving on case-back:
“Lalique/Pièce Unique/
Parmigiani”, individual number and hand engraved Naiads
Frequency: 3 Hz – 21,600 Vib/h
Dimensions: 13’’’– Ø 30.00 mm
Thickness: 6.55 mm
CHAIN AND BASE
Components: 394
Jewels: 35 – Barrel(s): 1
Chain material
950 platinum
Decoration: Hand-bevelled main
Diamants
514 “round” diamonds
plate and bridges
Carats: 2.5400
Base material
Translucent Lalique crystal
Dimensions
L. 205 x H. 231 x D. 70 mm
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TORIC LEPINE
SPECIAL EDITION LALIQUE
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THE TORIC LÉPINE, A UNIQUE COLLECTION PIECE
PRODUCTION TIME INVESTED
BY PARMIGIANI FLEURIER AND LALIQUE
BY THE TWO BRANDS
The Toric Lépine embodies the fusion of Haute Hor-
The aesthetics of the Toric Lépine draw on the aquatic
Model design and creation: 370 hours
logerie with the very best crystal work and jewellery
world, so often a source of inspiration for the Lalique
Development and modelling: 560 hours
making expertise. This unique objet d’art in the form
brand. The pocket watch features a minute repeater,
Craftsmanship and production: 1340 hours
of a table clock features a crystal case by Lalique
a Parmigiani Fleurier Haute Horlogerie movement
Total – 2270 hours of work
which houses a Parmigiani Fleurier pocket watch. In
whose mechanical complexity and sophisticated ad-
watchmaking, the term «Lépine» indicates that the
justment represent the very pinnacle of complication
pocket watch has no cover, which means that the
craftsmanship.
passage of time is permanently visible.
The continuity between the crystal elements and
Thanks to its mobile mounting system, the Toric
the horological craftsmanship is flawless. The Toric
Lépine can be transformed from a table clock to a
Lépine sees Parmigiani Fleurier’s most essential ho-
pocket watch as desired. This capacity for metamor-
rological complication combined with Lalique’s iconic
phosis, which is often seen in Parmigiani Fleurier
materials and codes, with the expertise of each brand
pieces, also pays tribute to the numerous transfor-
being mutually enhanced in the most exquisite har-
mable jewellery items and horological objects found
mony.
among René Lalique’s creations.
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INSPIRATION – AN ARTISTIC CONCEPTION OF TIME
Of the four elements, René Lalique (1860-1945) had
A fine example of collaboration between the two
as the «Masque de Femme» (female mask), this Art
a particular fascination for water, because of the play
Brands, the Toric Lépine depicts the rich symbolism
Nouveau-inspired creation in crystal suffuses the
of light and transparency it shares with glass. A pas-
of this fresco, emphasising its beauty with a horolo-
centre of the fresco with soft lines. The transparent
sionate student of nature and its mythology, he often
gical element in the form of a pocket watch placed in
crystal base surrounds the goddess Arethusa, who
depicted the aquatic world and its fantastical crea-
the centre of the piece.
appears encircled by the same Naiads, with their
tures, including women metamorphosing into sirens,
Naiads and Nereids.
whirlpool of hair, as those seen accompanying the
Viewed from the front, the crystal base and the watch
horological piece at the front. The design of the To-
dial blend together in perfect continuity. The base
ric Lépine and its captivating dance of mythological
The Toric Lépine pays tribute to the inventive spirit
features a whirlpool of curvaceous Naiads, their long
creatures allows the viewer to admire each facet in
of René Lalique by resurrecting one of the master
hair transforming into a stream of bubbles which
turn, with each new angle of observation revealing
jeweller’s most iconic creations: the Coutard Foun-
gather to form the shape of the Coutard motif. With
the sublime wealth of its history and symbols.
tain, produced in 1935. This trailblazing piece, which
nods to both Art Nouveau, in the meticulous arrange-
established the signature codes of Lalique, depicts
ment of the droplets, and Art Deco, in their rounded
the myth of Arethusa, who was turned into a fountain
form, this motif extends seamlessly from the crystal
by the goddess Artemis to help her flee from the god
to the dial, as if the wave and the movement of the
Alpheus after he had fallen madly in love with her.
sirens had left it in their wake.
The depiction of Arethusa, as well as the pattern of
droplets forming the Coutard Fountain in her wake,
Seen from the back, the Toric Lépine depicts the nym-
have remained two of Lalique’s signature emblems
ph Arethusa, whose face, framed by two fish, appears
and have been constantly reinterpreted over time.
on the rear medallion of the pocket watch. Known
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