Year in review: top 10 watches and jewellery stories 2022
Uncover Wallpaper* watches & jewelry editor Hannah Silver’s high 10 watches and jewelry posts of 2022, from Rolex’s new Air-King and Bulgari’s play with mirrors to Tabayer’s fluid gold jewelry and Shihara’s minimalist marriage with Michael Anastassiades.
TOP 10 WATCHES & JEWELLERY POSTS OF 2022
1. Deflowered: Anissa Kermiche’s floral ode to feminine sexuality
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Anissa Kermiche attracts on the literary and cultural hyperlinks between flowers and feminine sexuality in new superb jewelry assortment ‘Deflowered’. Kermiche was impressed by artists together with Georgia O’Keefe, Robert Mapplethorpe and Edward Weston and the sexual undertones of flowers they portrayed of their work, drawing these similar curving types in sculpted gold and pearls.
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2. Watch this area: Omega and Swatch’s collaboration is out of this world
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The celebs align on this collaboration between Omega and Swatch, with the brand new MoonSwatch watch assortment drawing on their shared curiosity in area. Eleven watches named after the planets rethink the acquainted type of Omega’s Speedmaster Moonwatch chronograph, right here interpreted in Bioceramic. The fabric, crafted two-thirds in ceramic and one-third in a castor oil spinoff, is recognised as a extra environmentally pleasant possibility than plastic. Silky clean to the texture however reassuringly powerful, it makes a hard-wearing base for the plethora of vivid colors it is available in.
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3. Minimalist jewelry from Michael Anastassiades and Shihara
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Greatest recognized for his pared-back lighting creations, Cyprus-born, London-based designer Michael Anastassiades has turned his hand to minimalist jewelry, partnering with Japanese model Shihara. ‘A very powerful factor to contemplate when designing jewelry is its relation to the human physique and the area it occupies when worn,’ he says. ‘I really like the improvisation behind an summary piece and the problem it presents on the subject of carrying it. A powerful design can exist in a number of methods. Shihara jewelry has that high quality.’
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4. Rolex attracts on its aviation historical past with the brand new Oyster Perpetual Air-King
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Rolex builds on a wealthy aviation historical past with the discharge of the brand new Oyster Perpetual Air-King. The brand new mannequin rethinks a classic watch design, with straight sides and a crown guard redrawing the parameters of the case.
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5. Hip-hop, jewelry and id: a visible historical past
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‘With hip-hop, the historical past of the jewelry is woven into the material of the music,’ says writer Vikki Tobak, who has explored the connection between the 2 inventive fields in her new ebook revealed by Taschen, Ice Chilly. A Hip-Hop Jewellery Historical past. Travelling again 4 many years and together with essays by Slick Rick, A$AP Ferg and LL Cool J, amongst others, the tome touches on every little thing from road type to the most important names in hip-hop and iconic jewellers. Right here, Tobak tells us what drew her to the topic, what shocked her in her analysis, and her delight on the energy of an excellent watch assortment.
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6. Girard-Perregaux goes again to the long run with rethought Casquette watch
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Girard-Perregaux is paying tribute to the Seventies with the re-release of quartz watch the Casquette. The newly launched Casquette 2.0 encases the unique neo-futuristic, elongated design and up to date quartz motion in modern ceramic and titanium.
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7. Uncover Tabayer’s sensual gold jewelry
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‘I’m from Uzbekistan, the place amulets are a part of our tradition and close-knit household traditions, so I’ve at all times been impressed by the facility and symbolism of jewelry,’ says founder and CEO of Tabayer, Nigora Tokhtabayeva. ‘After I moved to the US, I discovered a special lifestyle, totally different structure, totally different areas, the expanse of the Miami metropolis, the parks, and modernist sculpture.
‘There I additionally fashioned a really numerous friendship group with unbelievable ladies of various backgrounds from all corners of the world, and got here to the realisation that symbols of safety had been linked to spiritual symbols. This realisation made me need to create one thing common that may very well be worn by all of my pals.’
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8. Samuel Ross unveils his Hublot Large Bang watch design
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Since Samuel Ross won the first Hublot Design Prize in 2019, making a sculpture for the model’s fortieth anniversary and serving as an ambassador for Hublot, the British dressmaker has reimagined the label’s iconic Large Bang timepiece to convey a brand new perspective and visible language to watchmaking. Issued in a restricted version of fifty, the Large Bang Tourbillon Samuel Ross brandishes a satin-finish, polished titanium case, a clean rubber strap in Ross’ signature orange shade and an architectural honeycomb construction, making it a real collector’s piece.
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9. Sophie Bille Brahe’s marriage ceremony bands hint the undulating curves of her engagement rings
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Marriage ceremony bands embody fluid curves within the fingers of Sophie Bille Brahe, whose new bridal assortment slots seamlessly into her common diamond engagement rings. 13 diamond kinds in whole keep trustworthy to the undulating curves of the jewelry designer’s engagement rings. The primary assortment of eight items match into acquainted kinds such because the Ensemble Escargot, Ensemble Croissant and Grand Ensemble Ocean assortment. A second assortment of 5 items shifts the main focus to a pavé setting for the primary time, that includes one- and two-carat designs.
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10. Bulgari and Kazuyo Sejima convey minimalist mirror impact to Octo Finissimo
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The acquainted type of the Bulgari Octo Finissimo watch has been rethought in a collaboration between the model and Japanese architect Kazuyo Sejima, who collectively imbue the piece with a mirror impact in a stunning play on mild.
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