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ARCEAU WILD SINGAPORE Woven with gold thread and adorned with miniature painting, the dial of the Arceau watch reveals a majestic lion in the heart of a lush natural setting. The understated yet distinctive Arceau watch created by Henri d’Origny in 1978 blends its classic aesthetic with a rich palette of Hermès skills. Its round case crafted in white gold and featuring
stirrup-inspired asymmetrical lugs frames a miniature-painted dial enhanced with intricate gold thread. Produced in a 24-piece numbered limited edition, the Arceau Wild Singapore watch reinterprets the eponymous silk scarf designed by Alice Shirley for the 2021 spring-summer collection. The British artist pays tribute to the extraordinary biodiversity of Singapore, a green island where migratory birds stop over on their journey between North Asia and Australia. This abundant theme depicts several nocturnal rainforest animals, while a regal lion shaped like a fig tree and enthroned at the centre of the composition keeps watch over the island nature of Singapore - whose name means ‘Lion City’ in Sanskrit. Artisans combine miniature painting with gold thread welding to depict the feline and its equatorial environment on the dial of the Arceau watch. Working on a gold base, a varnish is applied and the motif is transferred, before meticulous painting of the elements that will appear under and around the gold threads. Shapes and colours come to life through a multitude of layers of micro-painting, successively applied with a brush and dried in a hot kiln. hermes.com
