Girard-Perregaux Cat's Eye Plum Blossom - 36.9mm

The Cat’s Eye collection is one of the most loyal ambassadors of ladies’ watches. Following the example of women themselves, it has never stopped refining its appearance; underlining a character trait, modifying a tiny detail of its appeal, subtly perfecting the curves of its silhouette. A plum blossom blooms on the dial. Slender and fragile, it appears as a small seconds hand, like a flower drawing its scent and its life from the earth. Cat’s Eye, the famous ellipse that has become the signature of the Maison’s women’s collection, appears this year attired in mother-of-pearl, aventurine and diamonds, shining more brightly than ever like pure, iridescent nocturnal lights. At its heart, the oscillating weight, a decorated bud, finely openworked by hand, reveals the invisible. A romantic small complication, the flower used as a hand recalls the fundamental element of watchmaking. Its mechanical core is revealed beneath the recurrent back-and-forth swings of the subtly engraved oscillating weight. This floral symbolism, also gracing the crown, brings back life to the very centre of the mineral universe.