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Breguet Expérimentale 1: precision as a design argument
A magnetic escapement and a 10 Hz tourbillon bring the manufacture’s research into the visible architecture of a watch.
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Tiffany Hidden Garden: nature as a jewellery structure
The 2026 Blue Book collection continued the conversation with Jean Schlumberger through birds, insects and botanical forms.
Nature in jewellery can be a structure rather than an ornament added at the end. Tiffany’s Blue Book 2026: Hidden Garden uses wings, vines and buds to organise volume, colour and the relationship between stones.
WAYFARER’s April 2026 account connected Nathalie Verdeille’s direction with Jean Schlumberger’s legacy. The reference is not a simple return to older pieces. It supplies a vocabulary that can be reworked through different gemstone combinations and ways of constructing a jewel.
Butterfly and Monarch developed the movement of wings and the suggestion of an insect among foliage. Bird on a Rock introduced Brazilian aquamarines into the account, while Parrot and Bee gave the animal references different scales. Jasmine and Twin Bud shifted the focus towards botanical form and the moment before a flower opens.
The technical weights and investment implications sometimes attached to such collections are not the subject here. The most interesting continuity is not that a bird appears again. It is that a recurring motif can remain useful when its colour, structure and balance are reconsidered.
Collection reference: Tiffany, Blue Book 2026.
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