Eventually, this form of art was also found on the Accutron Women's Courchevel Diamond Mother of Pearl Watch #26R28 cases and dials of time pieces. Jean Dunand’s passion for the Orient is recreated today in this miniature line portrait of Confucius, Chinese thinker and social philosopher who lived from 551 BC till 479 BC.The above picture was taken by myself in 2005 at the Confucius temple in Beijing. This temple was built long after his death, in 1302 to be exact. The temple was in bad condition a few years back, especially compared to a number of other large temples in the city. You can read more about Confucius and Confucian temples by clicking here.Below, you can see the hand-painted portrait of Confucius on a very thin black onyx dial that has been inserted on top of a gold disk.Countless hours of manual labour and fifteen kiln firings have Accutron Women's Courchevel Diamond Mother of Pearl Watch #26R28 been invested in this miniature.
In Basel, I had the pleasure to meet with Thierry Oulevay (CEO and co-founder of Jean Dunand) and one of his watches, the Jean Dunand Tourbillon Orbital. This tourbillon watch features a one-minute flying tourbillon that orbits the dial once per hour. Furthermore, it has this cool power reserve indicator in the case band and moon phase on the caseback. You really need to take this watch off your wrist if you are planning to show it off properly.One of the things that struck me most, was the beauty of the dial and hands. I am not very much into tourbillons, so I focus a bit more on the dial and hands in these cases The sky scraper hands are one of the nicest pair of hands I’d ever seen on a watch.This time, Jean Dunand pays tribute to the artistry of miniturist painters, who perform an art that Accutron Women's Courchevel Diamond Mother of Pearl Watch #26R28 can be traced back to the 14th century Persia.
