Since GUCCI began to launch high-end jewelry series in 2019, this year’s “LABIRINTI GUCCI Italian Maze Garden High-end Jewelry and Watch Exhibition” with a total price of nearly 1.8 billion has a total of 131 high-end jewelry and 31 high-end watchmaking models. It can be said that An exhibition with the largest number of works and the highest price.
This exhibition includes the new LABIRINTI GUCCI series, which was first exposed in Italy in May, including two top-level jewelry necklaces that have never been exposed before, making their global debut in Taiwan. The first Gucci necklace is also on display. The minute repeater and the automatic jumping hour center-mounted tourbillon are both top-notch watchmaking masterpieces, which shows that it attaches great importance to Taiwan’s top collector market.
●Different jewelry style that captures the charming gardens of Italy
The new LABIRINTI GUCCI Italian Maze Garden high-end jewelry series in 2024 takes the lush and gorgeous gardens of Italy as the theme. The geometric maze and the vibrant nature have become important elements of creation. The geometric pattern “maze” element gives many pieces of jewelry a harmonious asymmetrical style, such as a red spinel necklace with geometric lines on one side, rubellite beads and pear-shaped tsavorites, and romantic tsavorites on one side. The vivid flowers draw attention to the central twin main stones of 28.07 carats of spinel and 14.91 carats of ruby tourmaline. The geometric part is low-key and juxtaposed with the lines of the G logo, which is another interesting highlight when appreciating the many designs in this series. : The shape of the hidden G-shaped maze.
This series is also the first time that GUCCI’s high-end jewelry works incorporate a slightly French jewelry-style hollow design in addition to the existing Italian aesthetics. The Paraiba Tourmaline Necklace, which has the highest unit price and is debuting for the first time in the world, is on display this time. The link with Zambia emeralds and diamonds adopts a hollow design to reflect the visual lightness. The central pendant adopts a heavy weight rarely seen in the market. The main stone is a 24.35-carat paraiba tourmaline with clear neon blue color and is set with kite-cut diamonds to form a beautiful and smooth hollow fan-shaped outline.
The various shapes and colors of flowers in the garden have undoubtedly inspired many beautiful creations. A 60.89-carat dark blue tanzanite necklace. Tanzanite, diamonds, Paraiba tourmalines and colored tourmalines form a colorful garden. If you look carefully, the structure of the necklace is asymmetrical. The tanzanite is set off by colored gemstones. , showing a rich velvety blue-purple texture. Another necklace is set with a 113.35-carat long drop green tourmaline, capturing the unrestrained nature with a harmonious and refreshing color scheme. The common dragonfly in the garden is transformed into an easy-to-wear colored gemstone brooch, showing the classic style of the Art Nouveau period.
●Minute repeater and jumping hours center-mounted tourbillon, a masterpiece of top-notch watchmaking craftsmanship
GUCCI, which launched its first exclusive movement in 2021, has repeatedly amazed people with its high-end complex function works in recent years. One of the highlights of this exhibition is this year’s latest minute repeater tourbillon watch, which adopts the streamlined outline of the Gucci 25H series and is equipped with Gucci’s exclusive Swiss movement. It activates three small hammers in a rotating circle to tell the time and time. Engraving and reporting points subvert tradition. The surface is decorated with a sound wave pattern, and is inspired by the circle of the Interlocking G logo, presenting Roman numerals and a tourbillon frame at 6 o’clock. Available in white gold or rose gold.
Another unique Gucci Interlocking jumping hour tourbillon, which combines a flying tourbillon and a jumping hour mechanism. It uses the shape of the Interlocking G pattern to create a hand-lacquered Roman numeral disc to display jumping hours, and a layer of shimmering iridescent aventurine glass. Wrapping the minute dial and moving synchronously with the automatic dial behind it, the central flying tourbillon is decorated with the GG logo on the modern frame, the same as the minute repeater. Available in rose gold and white gold styles.
