Ladies
BY GARY GIRDVAINIS
WRIST KANDY
ASED ON HIS EXISTING KANDY
MODELS, Alexander Shorokhoff has
designed two beautiful variations
with hand-painted dials called Kandy Bouquet
and Kandy Daffodils.
These elaborately hand-painted and hand-
enameled mother-of-pearl dials are a first for
the brand already well known for playing with
color and shape on so many of its offerings.
Each hand-painted dial takes an average of
forty hours of intense focus, with the artist
working through a microscope as she brings
the miniature mural to life on the
dial-cum-canvas.
Working with ten to twenty brushes made
from the hair of a marten, the artist carefully
applies the chosen color pallet over the
mother-of-pearl substrate.
The small piece of art has to pass through
the kiln several times to dry each layer of the
paint. When the artwork is complete, the dial
is heated in a kiln for five full hours to prepare
it for the final step of adding a transparent
lacquer, after which it is brought to the kiln for
a final 24-hour baking.
Both models are limited to thirteen pieces
per dial type. Being hand-made, each dial is
somewhat unique.
Under the fine art and surrounded by
stainless steel lies a hand-engraved Swiss
automatic ETA Caliber 2892-A2. You’ll be
hard-pressed to find a watch with more
inherent value for the $5,400 retail price. See
Shorokhoff watches in person at our Leading
Watch Retailer partners:
Grenon’s of Newport, Newport, RI
Little Treasury Jewelers, Gambrills, MD
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54 | INTERNATIONAL WATCH | FALL 2019