PROPERTY FROM A HIGHLY IMPORTANT COLLECTOR
Vacheron Constantin
A unique exceptional museum quality yellow gold openface keyless lever watch with hand-painted enamel miniature by Charles Poluzzi, after the painting Plaque of a Dutch woman tatting lace by Johannes Vermeer, Made in 1949
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April 24, 04:23 PM GMT
Estimate
1,600,000 - 4,000,000 HKD
Lot Details
Description
Vacheron Constantin
A unique exceptional museum quality yellow gold openface keyless lever watch with hand-painted enamel miniature by Charles Poluzzi, after the painting Plaque of a Dutch woman tatting lace by Johannes Vermeer, Made in 1949
Dial: silvered
Calibre: cal. 439/6C mechanical, 17 jewels
Movement number: 481'004
Case: 18k yellow gold, snap on case back with polychrome enamel painted scene
Case number: 312'705
Size: 46 mm diameter
Signed: case, dial and movement
Accessories: Vacheron Constantin presentation box and Extract from the Archives
First revealed to the public in 2012, this exquisite miniature enamel emerged from the collection of an important Japanese connoisseur, its discovery greeted with quiet astonishment. Since then, it has belonged to one of the world’s most distinguished private collections, treasured as a jewel of rare artistic sensitivity. To describe the present work is to acknowledge the limits of language: it is a masterpiece wrought by the hand of Charles Poluzzi, a virtuoso of the Geneva enamel tradition. His inspiration reaches back to the serene world of Johannes Vermeer, capturing with porcelain purity the quiet devotion of a Dutch woman absorbed in the delicate rhythm of lace‑making. In Poluzzi’s interpretation, the scene becomes not merely a transcription, but a whisper of stillness and light—an intimate homage to a master, rendered in fire and glass.
The colours of the miniature enamel are astonishingly vivid, so bright, so luminous, that the entire scene seems to breathe with life. In Poluzzi’s hands, Vermeer’s quiet world awakens once more; there is something almost alchemical in the way he translates the painter’s essence into fire‑fused glass. He does not merely reproduce the composition, he captures its emotion wonderfully. The tenderness of the moment, the stillness of her concentration, the soft poetry of light and gesture: all are rendered with a magic that feels both reverent and newly imagined.
Of absolute museum quality, this work stands as a triumph of the enameller’s art, and we are honoured to serve once again as its temporary custodians, privileged to present this masterpiece back to the market, where its brilliance may be admired once more.
江詩丹頓
獨一無二及非凡博物館級黃金懷錶，備 Charles Poluzzi 繪製的微繪琺瑯作品，臨摹維梅爾畫作《編織蕾絲的荷蘭婦女》，1949年製
附帶盒子及後補資料庫精粹
這件精美的微繪琺瑯作品於2012年首度面世，出自日本重要鑑藏家的珍藏，其問世曾引發驚歎。此後它成為世界頂級私人收藏之一，被視為蘊藏罕見藝術靈性的珍寶。描述這件作品時，語言顯得蒼白：這是日內瓦琺瑯傳統巨匠 Charles Poluzzi 親手創作的傑作。他的靈感溯源至維梅爾筆下寧靜世界，以瓷器般純淨的質感，捕捉編織蕾絲的荷蘭婦女那份虔敬專注。Poluzzi 的詮釋不僅是畫作轉譯，更是與光影的低語，一場用火焰與玻璃向大師致敬的私密禮讚。
微繪琺瑯的色彩鮮活奪目，明豔流光，整個場景彷彿呼吸著生命。Poluzzi 讓維梅爾的沉默世界再度甦醒；他以近乎鍊金術的手法，將畫家精髓熔入烈火淬鍊的玻璃。他不僅重現構圖，更精妙捕捉其中情感。那一刻的溫柔、凝神時的靜止、光影與姿態的柔美詩意，皆以既虔敬又新穎的魔力呈現。
這件作品絕對具備博物館級質素，是琺瑯藝術的巔峰之作。我們深感榮幸能再次看護這枚懷錶，並有幸將這件傑作帶回市場，讓其璀璨光芒重現於世。