ARTYA Butterfly Set Tourbillon 1/1

Diamonds   are   wrested   from   the   depths   of   the   Earth;   majestic, brightly-coloured butterflies fly high above. In between, with its head in  the  stars  and  its  feet  firmly on  the ground,  ArtyA  has captured  the essence  of  both  to  bring  the  Butterfly  Set  Tourbillon  to  life.

This  has never  been  done  before  in  a  watch,  and  Artya  has  dared  to  pair  this with  one  of  watchmaking’s  most  traditional  complications, it’s  own high end flying tourbillon.

The timepieces in the Butterfly collection are unique by nature: each butterfly  has  lent  its  finest  colours  to  just  one  of  them.  The  dials are fully  hand-made  by  Dominique  Arpa  Cirpka,  using  a  secret  process known   only   to   ArtyA –   often   imitated but   to   this   day,   never duplicated.

Now, with the 44mm Butterfly Set Tourbillon 1/1, ArtyA has gone a step further, adding a fully jewelled case and Tourbillon.

To match the dominant colour present on each dial, ArtyA has exercised the creative freedom to fashion a  very  exclusive  series  of  stoneset  cases,  some  fully  covered  in  pave set  style.  In addition  to  top Wesselton VVSI diamonds, the ArtyA cases feature inserts in ArtyOr – the firm’s very own gold alloy.

The  strap  of  each  watch  is  also  hand-crafted  and  made-to-measure,  showing  off  each  of  these Unique Pieces to its best advantage.  “The brilliant composition to be found on a butterfly wing can neither be reproduced nor equalled,” says ArtyA CEO Yvan Arpa. “What we can do is showcase its intrinsic colours and light. And that’s the whole point of this limited edition of jewelled watches.  The diamonds set in each case and the gold leaf we’ve slipped in around the wings give each of these Butterflies fresh, unique splendour.”