Revisiting time reading with Chaumet XL-41 Auto Creative Complication

The house of Chaumet is presenting some interesting new creations for 2013. The most prominent of all of them is the Creative Complication watch featuring the bee and the spider motif on the dial. This high-jewelry piece is not only a great example of exceptional decorative technique, but also a genuine illustration of high watchmaking expertise. What makes it truly unique are not the dazzling diamonds set all over the surface of the watch-face, but the innovative Chaumet exclusive caliber which animates the bee and the spider figurines on the dial.
If you look carefully you’ll notice that there are no hands on the dial. There are no time markers or numerals, as well. All that the dial shows are a spider in pink gold with a cabochon-shaped body, a diamond-paved bee in pink gold, and a cobweb pattern made from curved-polished mother of-pearl cutting waves, and metal fillets set with 83 brilliant-cut diamonds (0.3033ct). This watch doesn’t tell time in a traditional manner, it tells a story where the spider represents the hours, while the bee represents the minutes. A tiny delicate tip of its wing points to the current minute, while the spider chases the time along the curve of twelve pink gold cabochons placed along the bezel. Between each two cabochons is a line of four diamonds, each serving as a minute-marker.
Chaumet XL-41 Auto Creative Complication is powered by mechanical self-winding movement CP12V-XII. The mechanism is fitted with mobile indexes that move on trajectories of distinct shapes, allowing for a completely original way of reading time. The movement is nested in a 41mm-wide 18K rhodium-plated white gold case set with 64 brilliant-cut diamonds (1.64ct). The crown is also set with 30 brilliant-cut diamonds (0.15ct) while the total number of the precious stones sums to 199 diamonds of approximately 2.27cts.
Chaumet XL-41 Auto Creative Complication is presented on a pearly white alligator strap with a jaw pin buckle adorned with web engraved pattern and set with 7 brilliant-cut diamonds (0.08ct). The watch is issued in a special limited edition.
Author: Marina Milojevic
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