JWLRYMACHINE

MB&F and Boucheron

Overview

What could possibly bring together the 152-year-old House of Boucheron, that most venerable of France’s high-jewellery Houses, and MB&F, the cutting-edge Swiss creative laboratory whose Horological Machines first invaded our planet only a few years ago?

The answer is the JwlryMachine, an astonishing haute-joaillerie version of MB&F’s Horological Machine No.3.

The visual illusion of the owl’s heart beating typifies the hint of secretiveness that Boucheron’s artisans instil into some of their best-loved jewels; as does the fact that the uninitiated will need to search for the time indications on the sides of the cones among the owl’s sparkling plumage. The extreme refinement that radiates from the proportions, the choice of stones and the quality of craftsmanship makes this creation “very Boucheron”.

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JWLRYMACHINE

the machine

Case

JWLRYMACHINE Purple:

  • 18k white gold/titanium and amethyst
  • Breast made of an engraved amethyst: 35.27k
  • Eyes made of two cabochon amethysts: 6.34k
  • Diamonds: approx. 0.96k
  • Blue and purple sapphires: approx. 5.17k
  • Screwed-down crown with cabochon amethyst: 0.33k

JWLRYMACHINE Pink:

  • 18k pink gold/titanium and quartz
  • Breast made of an engraved quartz: 32.71k
  • Eyes made of two cabochon rubellite: 7.88k
  • Diamonds: approx. 0.96k
  • Pink, purple and blue and purple sapphires: approx. 5.17k
  • Screwed-down crown with cabochon rubellite: 0.33k

Engine

  • Three-dimensional horological engine designed by Jean-Marc Wiederrecht/Agenhor, powered by a Sowind base
  • 22k gold battle-axe shaped automatic winding rotor
  • Hour and minutes information transmitted via ceramic ball bearings to laser-cut hands.
  • 304 components / 36 jewels

Functions / indications

  • Hours and day/night indicator on one cone, minutes on second cone
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Time indications

Time indications

The owl’s eyes are large glowing cabochons, set over the twin cones that rise majestically from the three-dimensional sculpted case: a dynamic sculpture that also tells the time.

HM3 base

HM3 base

JWLRYMACHINE is Boucheron’s sparkling reinterpretation of MB&F’s Horological Machine No.3

Beating heart

Beating heart

The feathered breast is sculpted and engraved from a single block of amethyst or rose quartz. Beneath the translucent stone, its heart appears to be beating: a visual illusion created by the swings of the rotor underneath.

inspiration

inspiration

With the HM3 as unsettling as ever, the House of Boucheron created its own seductive shock waves with the JwlryMachine, an haute joaillerie version of Horological Machine No.3. In a spectacular flight of fancy, the House’s peerless artisans conceived the watch as a splendid three-dimensional jewelled owl in 18k gold, combined with amethyst, diamonds, pink tourmaline, rose quartz and pink, blue and violet sapphires.

The owl’s eyes are large glowing cabochons and its sparkling wings, wrapped protectively around the precious HM3 engine, are entirely pavé-set with diamonds and semi-precious stones. Its feathered breast is sculpted and engraved from a single block of amethyst or rose quartz.

Collection

Two owls presented either in 18k white gold, with amethyst, diamonds and blue and violet sapphires, or in 18k red gold, with pink tourmaline, rose quartz, diamonds and pink sapphires.