Enamel will be the most brilliant colors onto the wrist

The color of the mixture burned in the enamel on precious metal jewelry making art can be traced to ancient Egyptian times, but to the Byzantine era, the art of enamel and precious stones, gold combined with the cover for the Gospel, relics, and altar painting plaque production. At the same time, the medieval European nobility in their unique way of making jewelry with enamel.

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2011 presents a variety of enamel techniques combined trend

Today, the enamel is basically the table class collection of works, few people wear it as everyday use. Enamel in some contemporary works of masters, we only see the old enamel, such as the filigree technique and filled with technology, they see a lot of new skills, such as three-dimensional micro-painted and so on. 2011, the use of enamel on the watch works even with the difficult Plique à jour (commonly known as the womb law or stripping method) techniques. 2011, enamel on the watch showing a variety of techniques used in combination technique trend.

Gold foil painting, that Paillone, is an ancient craft. In 2011, senior French jeweler Van Cleef & Arpels introduced the poetic watch series, with the theme of the works of Jules Verne creation of a number of enamel table, which the ancient Paillone on the use of technology, but also use micro-painted, that Paillone painted enamel on top of the micro. Cartier in 2011, using a transparent colored glass, gold leaf paint method + method, which takes on the dial enamel technology application development to unprecedented heights. Van Cleef & Arpels enamel and also uses a process called round gemstone (cabochon) of the enamel. This process is the use of transparent enamel coated in a thick metal material to form a similar named cabochon.

Use the dial on the enamel of the order, was first painted gray, and is painted, and then later spend a wide range of processes. Fully grasp the enamel of the brand is not much, because they are subject to division strength of enamel, and enamel in the current division in the watch industry still does not reach triple-digit magnitude. So if the brand on the enamel dial, then only will the specialty division enamel. This is why most brands of cloisonne enamel dial is limited around the fill method of law and reason. Jaeger-LeCoultre Master in the enamel factory employs Mill creation. Schools in the Geneva watch industry, including technology, including gold and silver fine enamel work has been leading, of course, there are also individual brand from Geneva to regain this ancient craft enamel. The following is a representative number of brand characteristics.
Van Cleef & Arpels enamel dial features

Techniques a comprehensive, in addition to commonly used around the fill method, filigree method outside of these relatively simple techniques, under the auspices of the Dominique Baron, Van Cleef & Arpels enamel dial almost all known techniques used, which techniques are more advanced in the industry there through the end of enamel, transparent colored glass method, gray-painted and gold paint method.

Unique three-dimensional micro-painted, which is painted in Geneva micro method developed on the basis of the technique, this technique thanks to Dominique Masters in Luo Jiedu during the study than the (then Luo Jiedu than asking division in the surface enamel dial burning on the enamel).



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Cartier enamel dial features

Cartier in 2011, using a transparent colored glass, gold leaf paint method + method, which takes on the dial enamel technology application development to unprecedented heights. Van Cleef & Arpels enamel and also uses a process called round gemstone (cabochon) of the enamel. This process is the use of transparent enamel coated in a thick metal material to form a similar named cabochon.

Jacques de enamel dial features

Color control, pure black, ivory, white and blue, the rejection rate were 80%, 50% -60%, 90%.

Mastery of the ancient craft: including gold foil painting process (Le Paillon) and the process through the end of the flinqué process.

Firing process in the metal plate on the dial deformation strictly controlled. Many brands for the firing of enamel dial and more for the hole after hole, the enamel dial Yakedeluo prescribing was first hole (such as the date window) and then coated with enamel firing.

There are professionals, said that Jacques de "enamel" is not necessarily true enamel