LVMH Watch Week: Bulgari’s Women’s Novelties Shine Bright For 2021

Beauty has the power! It inspires and excites us. Even the act of creating beauty is energizing. Even if we can’t possess it, a thoughtful and well-crafted object makes us feel good just knowing that it exists. And while beauty is in the eye of the beholder, you can’t deny that Bulgari’s women’s watch collections – Divas’ Dream, LVCEA, and Serpenti – have much to be admired in the way the maison artfully crafts everything from the calibers to the cases.

Even though you could easily spot a model from each of these collections across the most crowded, dimly lit ballroom, Bulgari manages to reinvent them in charming new ways every year. And this year at LVMH Watch Week, the brand brings even more color and light into our lives with their latest haute horlogerie introductions.

This year, Bulgari introduces three new Divas’ Dream watches: Divas’ Dream Peacock Dischi, the Divas’ Dream Peacock Diamonds, and the Divas’ Dream Peacock Tourbillon Lumière.

Each of these Divas’ Dream Peacock timepieces paints a picture of a glamorous Roman holiday. The tail of the preening peacock is a familiar motif in the city’s ancient, fan-shaped mosaics. And Bulgari, long known as the Master of Colored Gemstones, has combined a spectrum of jewels in a way that recalls the iridescence of the graceful bird’s plumage and the vibrancy of Roman culture.
 

Crafted using some of the world’s most prestigious decorative arts, all the new Divas’ Dream watches come in 37mm 18-karat rose gold case and showcase intricate techniques such as marquetry, miniature painting, and champlevé. All of which Bulgari has mastered over the past 130 years.

The first piece in the collection is the Divas’ Dream Peacock Dischi, which features a dial inlaid with natural peacock feather marquetry. This technique dates back to antiquity but was revived by Bulgari in the 1970s. Each dial is set with 24 natural hand-cut feather elements with a central circle depicting the peacock feather’s distinctive “eye.” The excellence of the dial is matched by the in-house BVL 308 "dischi" automatic movement. This mechanism utilizes two rotating discs a round and a pear brilliant-cut diamond to indicate the hours and minutes.
 

The case is bracketed by fan-shaped lugs set with brilliant-cut diamonds, the bezel is set with round brilliant-cut diamonds and sapphire indices, and the crown is set with a cabochon-cut sapphire. Finally, the strap is deep blue alligator leather.
 

Available April 21st, the Divas’ Dream Peacock Dischi will be limited to 50 pieces and retail for $68,000.

The next jewel in the collection is the Divas’ Dream Peacock Diamonds and features a peacock motif silhouetted against a mother-of-pearl backdrop. To create the peacock effect, artisans use a goldsmithing technique called champlevé, an engraving technique for creating delicate contours that can then be filled with paint, enamel, or marquetry.
 

For the Divas’ Dream Peacock Diamonds, the dial’s rich colors are crowned with diamonds and further framed by a supple bracelet with the collection’s signature fan-shaped motif and set entirely with diamonds. Powered by the self-winding BVL 191 movement, the bezel surrounds the mother-of-pearl dial with round brilliant-cut diamonds. The crown is also set with a cabochon-cut tourmaline. All-in-all, there 14 different colors are represented in this timepiece.
 

Available now, the Divas’ Dream Peacock Diamonds is priced at $99,000.

Finally, there’s the Divas’ Dream Peacock Tourbillon Lumière. This masterpiece is a paean to both haute joaillerie and haute horlogerie traditions. It features a skeletonized dial decorated with natural peacock feather marquetry and snow-set diamonds. Each dial is crafted by a single artisan and takes around six weeks to complete.
 

The skeletonized tourbillon BVL 208 manual-wind movement is also visible through the dial. And the haute gamme hand-finishing of the movement brings out even more luxurious luminosity.
 

Available now, the Peacock Tourbillon Lumière is a limited edition of 10 and is priced at $143,000.