Bulgari's Lvcea Intarsio: Sculptures of Light

The Lvcea timepieces round out the LVMH Watch Week selection, speaking the language of light. Conceived and designed around this eternal theme, the new Lvcea Intarsio iterations are meant to translate, retransmit and enhance the characteristic luminescence of the distinctive Roman sky in its blue and pink pearlescence. Since its introduction, the Maison’s signature daily round watch pays homage to the sundials of ancient Rome that captured light to signal the passage of time. The new 2022 models add new colours to the palette, with their three-dimensional architectural dials crafted in materials that capture and enhance the light. Pink mother-of-pearl and aventurine compose the two new Lvcea shades ensuring maximum chromatic effect and infusing the collection with an additional jewellery touch.

Furthering a classic métiers d’art technique applied to the mother-of-pearl, each of the dials is assembled using the marquetry technique in a pattern called Intarsio. In both cases, each of the 37 mother-of-pearl and blue aventurine micro-elements are cut and then faceted by hand before being assembled according to a precise and regular geometry to form the three-dimensional surface of the dial.

This complex and refined handcrafted construction captures all the variations in light, like the skies of the Eternal City, to reproduce its full brilliance, as seen through the diamond hour-markers dotting the rims of these sophisticated dials.

TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS

• LVCEA INTARSIO AVENTURINE 28MM – 103617
  

28 mm polished steel case, steel crown set with a cabochon-cut rubellite and a diamond, aventurine dial with Intarsio marquetry set with 12 diamond hourmarkers; blue alligator leather strap with diamond-set lugs, steel pin buckle; quartz movement driving hours and minutes indications. Total 33 diamonds (~ 0.42 ct).

• LVCEA INTARSIO AVENTURINE 33MM – 103620
  

33 mm polished steel case, diamond-set steel bezel, with crown set with a cabochon-cut rubellite and a diamond, aventurine dial featuring Intarsio marquetry set with 11 diamond markers; blue alligator strap, steel pin buckle; calibre B77, mechanical self-winding movement, indicating the hours, minutes and seconds, date window at 3 o’clock, 42-hour power reserve. 55 diamonds (~ 1.40 ct).

• LVCEA INTARSIO PINK MOTHER-OF-PEARL 28MM – 103619
  

28 mm polished steel case, steel crown set with a cabochon-cut rubellite and a diamond, pink mother-of-pearl dial featuring Intarsio marquetry set with 12 diamond hour-markers; red alligator leather strap with diamond-set lugs, steel pin buckle; quartz movement driving hours and minutes indications. 33 diamonds (~ 0.42 ct).

• LVCEA INTARSIO PINK MOTHER-OF-PEARL 33MM – 103618
  

33 mm polished steel case, diamond-set bezel, crown set with a cabochon-cut rubellite and a diamond, pink mother-of-pearl dial with Intarsio inlay set with 11 diamond hour-markers; red alligator leather strap, steel pin buckle; self-winding movement driving hours, minutes, seconds and date indications. 55 diamonds (~ 1.40 cts).