Resplendent – Van Cleef and Arpels celebrate a new iteration of the Alhambra collection this season with guilloche in white gold

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RESPLENDENT

Van Cleef and Arpels celebrate a new iteration of the Alhambra collection this season with guilloché in white gold

Atime-honoured technique adopted by the Maison as of the 1910s, the guilloché initially embellished watch dials and was extended in the 1930s to boxes, powder cases and Minaudières upon which stones mingled with precious metal. True to the original style of the Alhambra collection, each motif features a beaded contour and a central bead in white gold. The Maison has also created a warm and delicate rose gold Sweet Alhambra watch designed to highlight the emblematic golden bead technique together with the Maison’s watchmaking expertise. This feminine piece combines a white motherof-pearl dial with a golden halo of beads.