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Pendulettes Dôme in cloisonné enamel

The Patek Philippe productions include watches that illustrate the traditional decorative arts utilised in the manufacturing of cases and their enamelling, engraving and setting. The exquisite quality of these trades distinguishes the best watches from Geneva for over 400 years. Still to date, in order to keep the tradition alive, a small team of specialists from Patek Philippe continue to carry out these artisan activities, which, other than being technically difficult, do not forgive errors. Their work is recognised as worthy of the great masters of the Geneva school.

The Pendulettes Dôme of Patek Philippe are decorated in cloisonné enamel. According to this technique, the coloured powder enamels are deposited on the inside of enclosures in string or gold ribbon that mark the outlines of the design. Various decorations can require up to 20 metres of ribbon in 22 carat gold in order to realise the enclosures aimed at containing the coloured enamel. It is possible to obtain interesting effects of colour by mixing the colours inside of the enclosures. Given it is normal in the case of working with enamel, the decorated surfaces are subsequently vitrified in the furnace, with the instructions to also apply an enamelled surface inside the metallic walls of the pendulette in order to avoid the distortion of the metal and the consequent cracking of the decorations.

Reference 1551 "Lion and leopards hunting antelopes"

A limited edition timepiece, made for the opening of the Patek Philippe Space of Pisa Orologeria in Milan. The decoration of the pendulette is inspired by various renowned paintings of the Italian painter Antonio Ligabue (1899-1965). The dome depicts a leopard inspired by the painting by Ligabue "Leopard with the antelope", wooden oil painting, and dated 1939/1949. The lateral curved panels recall the paintings of the same painter "Leopard with the sky at sunset", wooden oil painting, undated and "Lion that attacks two antelopes", oil painting on faesite, dated 1953/1954.
Antonio Ligabue lived the most important part of his life in Gualtieri (in the province of Reggio Emilia), where he was friends with the Pisa family, natives of the same city.

Reference 1552 "Flowers"

A limited edition timepiece, made for the opening of the Patek Philippe Space of Pisa Orologeria in Milan. The decoration of the pendulette is inspired by a renowned painting by Antonio Ligabue (1899-1965). The dome and three curved sides reproduce a vase of flowers with butterflies, bees and other bunches and garlands of flowers inspired by the "Vase of flowers", cloth oil painting by this painter, dated 1960/1961. Antonio Ligabue lived the most important part of his life in Gualtieri (in the province of Reggio Emilia), where he was friends with the Pisa family, natives of the same city.