Moritz Grossmann presents the TEFNUT 1001 Nights

Press Release – Baselworld 2018

Moritz Grossmann presents the TEFNUT 1001 Nights

A jewellery watch with a story to tell inspired by Scheherazade

Based on our Sleeping Beauty watch, designed by Michael Koh and released last year, this gorgeous new piece was inspired by conversations with Mohammed Seddiqi in Dubai. This beautiful jewellery watch – available in rose gold and white gold – symbolises the legend of One Thousand and One Nights, in which Scheherazade mesmerises her king with her stories.

 

The dial shows a mysterious dune landscape beneath a crescent moon and a glittering night sky. The image is circled with 62 white brilliant-cut diamonds and radiant guillochage. The scenery is an artistic inlay composed of precisely cut nacre segments. The iridescence of mother of pearl differs between pieces giving an emotional appeal combining nature, high-tech, and craftsmanship.

 

Michael Koh’s asymmetric, wedge shaped case and unique lugs complete the piece.  The case is sensually contoured, rising gently from the crown to the 9 o'clock side where the dial has an elegant scoop. The lugs are freely suspended on one side and, like the crown, are graced with blue cabochons. Roman numerals, an unusual hour hand, and asymmetric guilloché patterns bless the dial. The bezel is set with a further 60 brilliant-cut, white diamonds.
 

The compact calibre 102.0 movement features characteristic brand elements such as the cantilevered balance cock with the Grossmann micrometer screw, raised gold chatons, a separately removable winder module, and the mass-optimised Grossmann balance.

The TEFNUT 1001 Nights is a romantic sculpture which would grace any wrist.

Michael Koh

Michael Koh is a painter, a sculptor, and one of Singapore's leading jewellery designers. He transforms art into jewellery, and jewellery into art. Exceptional precious stones are his big passion. On trips to mines all over the world, he collects the rarest and most beautiful stones that make the hearts of enthusiasts skip a beat. When he was just 18, Michael Koh was the youngest jewellery designer to receive the Diamond of Distinction Award 1990 and the Young Designer Award. These distinctions were followed by the Hong Kong Diamond Design Award, the Diamond International Design Competition Award and many more. In 2004, Michael Koh established his own manufacture and brand: In 2016, Caratell was picked as a Top Ten Luxury Jewellery Brand in Singapore.